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What Are The Odds? \\ /The resurrection of Christ clearly demonstrates our own hope for the future.//*[1]*/
/1 Corinthians 15:12-28/
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.
But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.
25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”a
Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.
28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
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All the odds-makers agree that a man by the name of Lee Capps should for all in-tends and purposes be dead.
You might have heard of him a number of years ago.
Lee, who didn’t know how to fly, took off in a private airplane with a friend who was a pilot.
But when they got up to cruising altitude, is friend – the pilot had a heart attack and died.
So Lee pushed his friend off the controls, grabbed the radio and cried out for help.
An air traffic controller in Renton, WA heard his cry.
And he said, “Its your lucky day.
Not only am I an air traffic controller, but I’m a flight instructor on the side.
Would you be interested in a few flying lessons?
Being otherwise unoccupied, Lee said, “I’ll take whatever flying lessons you can give me.”
And so the air traffic controller started to explain some of the basic maneuvers of how to fly an airplane.
Then he said, “Lee, I think, you know, you’re going to have to take a shot at landing this baby.
It’s your only hope…We’ve got to give this thing a try.”
So he talked Lee through his descent and helped him point the plane toward the runway.
Those who might have seen the news clips on the network news, witnessed… not the most graceful approach… He came in more like a drunk duck.
He was all over the place.
And hit pretty hard.
But miraculously, Lee Capps walked away with only minor injuries.
Afterwards, the press talked to the air traffic controller and said, “You know, just between us, did you really think you could talk that guy down and that he could walk away?
And the air traffic controller said, “I knew that this one was a long shot.”
That day, Lee Capps defied all the odds.
I don’t know if you’ve thought about it much, but there are a lot of people who, by profession, are odds-makers.
People who figure out life insurance actuary tables…Owners and operators of casinos…, Stock brokers…Weather men… Some people actually make their living by sorting out the sure shots.
For example, *there are people who can tell you mathematically that your car is 38 times more likely to get stolen* if it’s a Corvette as opposed *to being a Ford Escort Wagon.
*And if you’re still driving a Ford Pinto, it is mathematically impossible for it to be stolen.
You don’t need to go out and buy the club.
In fact, You can leave your keys right in the ignition.
It’s statistically impossible for it to be stolen!
People can tell you mathematically that you’re 10 times more likely to get injured riding a bike than driving a car.
I thought this was interesting: I read that the odds are greater that you will fall out of bed, hit your head, and die, than the chance that you will win the state lottery.
So being as tight as I am, I figure that after my second strike, I’m going to start buying tickets.
But not until then!
Some people make their living by figuring out odds like these and they’re usually very accurate.
Yet the odds makers were wrong about Lee Capps.
He defied the odds.
It was very much the same way in Jesus’ day.
The odds-makers were wrong about whether or not He was going to come back from the grave, but he did.
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!! Illustration: Vance Havner
said, "The hope of dying is the only thing that keeps me alive."
In 1 Corinthians 15, the apostle Paul deals with this question in light of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The word gospel means good news.
The good news is that the resurrection of Jesus Christ provides positive answers to the 3 most important questions about life after death.
! 1.
Is there life after death?
The answer is Yes.
Jesus' resurrection proved it.
Verses 35 contains the essence of the Christian's belief.
The Old Testament had predicted that the Messiah was going to die.
It said that he would be led like a sheep to the slaughter.
Jesus' death was not an accidental death or even the death of a martyr.
It was the deliberate death of a person who offered his life as a sacrifice.
God laid all of our sins upon him; he became our substitute on the cross.
!! Illustration: A woman wrote J. Vernon McGee
one time: She said… "Our preacher said that on Easter, Jesus just fainted on the cross and that the disciples nursed him back to health.
What do you think?"
I love McGee’s answer: He said, "Dear Sister, whip your preacher 39 times with heavy strokes.
Nail him to a cross.
Hang him in the sun for 6 hours.
Run a spear through his heart.
Embalm him.
Put him in an airless tomb for 3 days.
Then see what happens."
Jesus Christ died and was buried.
He was then laid in a borrowed tomb.
He was raised on the 3rd day according to the Scriptures.
When you borrow something, you're just going to use it temporarily.
It’s not permanent thing… Otherwise, its stealing!
Jesus Christ came back.
He strolled out of that tomb very much alive.
When the women went to the tomb to anoint his body, they discovered the tomb was empty.
The angel said, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
He is not here; he is risen just the way he said that he would."
Now, Paul says emphatically, "We know Jesus is alive because we have seen him."
Peter saw him alive.
He ate breakfast with him and had discussions with him.
The 12 disciples saw him alive.
They were in the Upper Room when suddenly Jesus appeared and said, "See the nail prints in my hands."
He appeared to over 500 people at once and to the apostle James, who was beheaded for the belief that he was alive.
Paul said, "Last of all, he appeared to me too."
*So the resurrection verifies that there is life after death.
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