April 4th
Corinthians 15 is you remain standing this for the reading of the word 1st Corinthians 15 riddle. Look at these verses that the Apostle Paul Rhodes about the resurrection and how it is the foundation of our faith. So 1st Corinthians 15 beginning in first one if you have your bibles, if not, the Virgin is up there that I'm using in Fall race this moreover brethren. I declare to you the gospel, which I preached which also you receive and in which you stand. By which also you are safe, if you hold fast that word, which I preach to you unless you believed in vain. Fried delivered to you first of all that which I also received. Did Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures and then he was seen by cephas then by the twelve and that he was seen by over 500 Brethren at one of whom the greater part were made to the present. But some have fallen asleep after that. He was seen by then by all the apostles and then last of all he was also as by one born out of due time for I am the least of the apostles who am not worthy to be called an apostle because I persecuted the Church of God, but by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace toward me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all fit the grace of God, which was with me therefore whether it was I or they sow wheat free. and so you believe Lord today
Maybe check a fresh Glimpse in a vision of what you accomplished according to the scriptures on our behalf. It may your Holy Spirit speak through our hearts and change our lives. We pray. It's in your name Jesus and everyone said amen. Amen. You may be seated.
It's a good morning, isn't it? I am excited to share this message with you today entitled. First of all. First of all, and I'm when I was working on the message, you know, when you work on messages for this weekend, you have good Friday. You have a good Friday message. You have a sunrise service message that you have to services in here and you really want the Lord to let me know. You don't want to just read the story again and then just leave and say that was nice. Maybe do you want the story to change it? I be fresh to be new to be something that we just didn't hear again. But it only the Holy Spirit can do that in our hearts, right? I need a fresh touch from the Lord today. We all need that this chapter of 1st Corinthians 15. Call focuses on something here and he's saying to the people they're basically this to say get this right. This is the foundation right there. This is if the foundation of our faith is found in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it's the most important message of the cover the cover. It's Jesus Christ crucified and resurrected and it's the message that we have to get right no churches to get on 11th engines. If we lose our Focus, we're in trouble, it's Jesus Christ and him crucified first things first means placing the most important first in our lives don't matter. Do you know who let me ask you this? How many of you do not know? Who's Vince Lombardi? You do not know the name. You never heard the name. You don't know who he is. Everybody just you know who he is. Okay, you should have raised your hand. So let me or how did I deserve it is Vince Lombardi? Who was it Bob? Famous football coach. I knew you would love that. Listen to Vince Lombardi. Was the famous football coach of the Green Bay Packers? And they won the first Super Bowl in July of 1961 38 members of the Green Bay Packers. We're gathered together for the first day of trading. The previous season had ended with a heartbreaking defeat when the Packers squandered a lead late in the fourth quarter and lost the NFL Championship to the Philadelphia Eagles.
How many do the Steelers have?
so the Green Bay players I've been thinking about this brutal loss to the Eagles the entire offseason winning at all. It's finally training camp roll around it was time to get back to work in the players were eager to advance their game to the next level and start working on the details when the championship a little bit more to get so Vince Lombardi the coach of the Packers. a different mindset He took nothing for granted and he began a tradition each training camp of starting from scratch in with this team. That was this close to he began with this Elementary statement of all with a hell of a football instead to the gentleman holding this pigskin in his right hand said, this is a football.
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Jesus Christ and him crucified and resurrected from the dead you see those football players needed to understand this first before they could be a champion. We must understand when Paul was writing it again with me if you would and it says Paul race this in 1st Corinthians, 15 verses 3 and 4 for I delivered to you what to say first of all. That which I also received that Christ died for our sins according to what according to the scriptures and that he was buried he rose again the third day according to the scriptures always this scripture. This is what the Old Testament says according to the scriptures always saying that this you have to get it right Christ and him crucified and Eddie Rose from the grave, aren't you glad for that man. That's why we're here today. He was reminded back and 1st Corinthians to look back there with me where he says this all rights to them and says again, I determine. Not to know anything about you, except Jesus Christ and him crucified you say praise the Lord churches tickets so off track in so many different thing we can get on this subject to feel when we were building the building. I am so thankful for how smoothly it was. I really am cuz I've heard horror stories. I'm if you can relay, you've heard them. You know, what color should we paint the walls, aren't you glad by the way, or what color? What's the species were donated from State College assembly? Aren't you glad that it isn't about a building? River Falls the parking lot Whatever Gets about Jesus Christ and him crucified and risen from the grave and we have a message to tell the world the people that don't know this message there people living in our country. You don't have to go to Haiti or Africa and it's good that we do when we take care of first of our Jerusalem Jerusalem that we live in is people living right next to you. They may have never heard the name of Jesus. What are we doing with the message? Paul said yes this first thing first Jesus Christ and him crucified. It's simple it's on, it's proven by the scriptures in Prophecy and the many others who saw price after the resurrection. Look at those verses with me again and verses 5 through 8. if first Christian 15, he was seen by who
Peter Peter song and it says and then by the 12 after that he was seen by over 500 rev at once of whom the greater part remain too pricey, but some have fallen asleep. What does that mean?
This is about 20 years after the Resurrection the sum of died off. They fell asleep. Still remaining him and then after that.
The last of all he was seen by me also is by one born out of due time.
Where road to Damascus acts 9 number Knox Mine when when when stall right at the time was going to persecute the church and what happened to him? Life is changed forever Christ appeared.
You know any was changed and he became the Apostle Paul it so we see all these people that saw him install here in 1st Corinthians 15 is reminding them as what's most important first. He says it isn't something that we do but it's something that's already been done. Are you with me here the first and most important thing he could have said is that you love one another that's good. He could have said that you forgive one another that's good. Right he could have said that you love your enemies. He could have said the most important thing you do is that you live a holy life or have a to-do list. Don't you love those husbands as to-do list of your wife.
Parcel post at this. He said it's not something that you do. It's rather something that's been done for you Christ and him crucified and risen from the dead. I don't share that message with others. Never called to be followers of Christ. It's not what we do. It's about what's already been done for us? What is most important to remember is the death of Christ in him resurrected? It reminds me of a Billy Graham. What did his message always include? What was it? I move you know these two verses with his next to of John 3:16, right? John 3:16 and 17 says for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son into the world to condemn the world the world through him might be saved salvation of Jesus Christ and him crucified and risen from the grave reminds me of a of a Preacher then I heard about it every Sunday, you know, he gave me the same message John 3:16 after week after we If somebody finally came up to him after about 2 months.
First of all, you know how preachers only work one day a week. Elite repair one message awake and that's all they do, right?
They comes up to the preacher and he says after 2 months of the same message John. 3:16 Says. Why can't you reach something different you give us this same message week after week after we would like to hear something different as well when you get this one down first. operation under 1 minute
Can I ask? How often are we sharing this message? Is it just for us or are we to share it with me? Are we to say to someone hey. would you like to come along with me and come to service and maybe here who Jesus is it? There was a guy here on Good Friday first time. You never been you because somebody invited them. He's never been there. He didn't even have a coat on.
Who is cold out there?
When's the last time maybe you took the message of Christ and him crucified very uncomplicated very simple and invited somebody to know Jesus.
Or say hey, why don't you come along? Sometimes people just need an invitation.
That's it. We have a message to share. It's not complicated all begins with the death of Christ in order to establish the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He starts with a warning to the scriptures. Did you see that twice three times? I don't know how many times you said it, but I wonder if Paul was thinking of Isaiah 53. Look at these two verses with me. If you would if you want to turn their turn in your Bible, Isaiah 53 kiss. He was saying according to the scriptures looking back at the Old Testament. Look at these two wonderful versus to remind today. What price did for us he said, Isaiah Wright, but he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him. So if you need peace today in your heart, it's for you. It says by his stripes we are what we are healed in all we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned everyone to his own way in the lord has laid on him the iniquity of Christ when he hung on the cross and Paul when he writes this he's probably thinking of these verses that the Lord crucified Jesus crucified for our sins so that we could be forgiven. But how many of you know is Pastor Dalton shared when he was singing the work of the cross. Would be meaningless without the resurrection. The empty tomb complete the work of Christ on the cross turn back the 1st Corinthians 15 just a few more versus here before we share some verses in 1st Corinthians 15 see Paul goes on 4 verse 11 that we already read too and he says this now if price is free. That he has been raised from the dead. How is some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead. But if there is no resurrection of the Dead in Christ is not risen risen in your face is also a yes, we are because we have testified of God that he raised the price. He did not raise up if in fact it does you not right for your face then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ if in this life only we have hope in Christ. We are of all men the most Aren't you glad that the empty tomb confirms the work of the cross for your sins?
Cuz we all need it. I'm so thankful for my salvation.
How many of you is he still working on? Man, he's working on me in some ways. more than ever because the longer you know him the more than he still wants to do in your life that we can in these comfortable patters where we we can tend to be like, okay. I know this I've read this I become comfortable with what he wants. He wants to take you and grow you until the day he wants to even do new and greater things in Joshua is 80 years old. Maybe somebody can help me out as he was Joshua. It said give me that mountain Caleb Joshua Caleb said at 8879 did a hundred miles on his bike. In one day. The whole trip one day in Joco is like Caleb, you know, give me that mountain. Till the day we die. I believe our hearts be like Lord. I want to do not the worst saved by what we do, but are we to serve him with our gifts and say Lord crucified and resurrected until the day I die. Give me the mountain. What's that mountain look like for you? I don't know. It looks different than for me. But I know that he wants us to conquer mountains in the name of Jesus so that others come to believe.
The rest of this Resurrection Sunday what better way to remember price and what he's done for us and the receive communion together.
Who can share and communion here today? Well? If you're a believer. You're a follower of Jesus Christ. If you have asked Grace to forgive you of your sins and ask them to be your savior. Then you take part in communion with us today. The Bible does say to examine our hearts to judge ourselves before we received the cup in the bread because however, you know, none of us are perfect. Before we got here this past week. There may be something the Lord wants you to say Lord forgive me judge yourself so that you are judged. The scriptures say a few more verses that we're going to receive communion together with me. Y'all way. Nobody's falling asleep. Praise the Lord help me. I fall asleep.
is it said they fell asleep and that meant they. So anyways
You're all lies praise the Lord. actually
I know my wife's a note.
No, I'm not going to sing that song. Hollywood song she's talking about my doctor this week. I saw him on Monday and he said one of two places people the most He's like did you ever have anybody ever pass out from one of your services? I said no really since one of two places I like. Okay, please don't make it happen.
He said where's the other place? The other place is the bathroom, so Go figure. Okay that's free in the message today.
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So nobody's sitting by the window over here today, right? He was resurrected. Where are we going from here?
1st Corinthians 11 4326 communion such a special time. I don't like to rush it. That's why I'll have you go and get the bread in the conference. Examine your heart. I'll do the same. It says here in verse 23. All right, I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you. If the Lord Jesus is on the same night, which he was betrayed. He took bread. We need to give him saying she's broken. It says take eat. This is my body, which is broken for you do this in remembrance of in the same manner. He also took the top after supper saying this cup is the New Covenant in my blood just do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord's death.
and so just going to pray and then we'll have you go first row second row third row to the back. The tables are on the side just to keep us and spacing here take the company of red come back and sit song will be played and then we'll receive together. If you need to know Christ as your savior today today is your opportunity, right? Let's pray.
Lord we thank you for this message in the Apostle Paul and writing to us remind us. the price and crucified you Rose from the grave. We are here today to remember to celebrate you overcoming death so that our sins are forgiven. If there is anyone here today never trusted you as their savior. I pray at this moment. They would open their hearts to say Lord. Forgive me. I recognize you died for my sins on the cross. Would you come and live inside of me and be my Lord and my savior? It is we all Gather in and take the cop in the bread together. I pray we would just take a few moments and examine our hearts before we receive together. Give me a text in Jesus day and everyone said amen. So first row if you do forget the bread in the coffee, and then we'll make our way back there.