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Resurrection Celebration!

by Rev. Kirby Williams

Analyzing Paul's logical argument of why true believers should celebrate the Resurrection of Christ.

Text: 1Cor. 15:12-20
Date: 04/09/2023, the Combined service.
Series: "Your Word is Truth"
Occasion: Easter Sunday

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In this Resurrection Sunday message, we turn to the apostle Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians and his great discourse on the reality of the resurrection from the dead. After establishing the irrefutable fact of Christ's Resurrection, he confronts those who doubt the physical resurrection of believers with his primary premise that if there is no resurrection for them, then even Christ is not risen from the grave. He then lists six profound and disturbing consequences to the very core of Christianity if indeed Christ is not risen. We will analyze each of these consequences and rejoice in the fact that each one is "turned on its head" by the reality of the Resurrection. Ultimately we will realize the Resurrection positively proves all God's promises-- thereby vanquishing all doubt and partial belief and leading Christians to revel on this Easter Sunday in a true Resurrection Celebration!


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I. Introduction
II. Exposition of the text, 1Cor. 15:12-20.
A. Context
1. The church at Corinth.
2. An ancient church with a modern problem.
B. Positive proofs of the Resurrection of Christ.
1. Intricately woven into the Gospel, 1Cor. 15:3-4.
2. Eyewitness accounts, 1Cor. 15:5-8.
3. Historical proofs.
C. The reality of the Resurrection.
1. The nature of Paul's argument, John 6:39-40,44.
2. Paul's logical premise, vs. 12-13, 16.
a. A clearly stated premise.
b. The danger of partial belief, Mark 9:24, Luke 24:5-6.
3. The significance of the "firstfruits", vs. 20.
D. The consequences of doubting the Resurrection, vs. 14-15, 17-19.
1. Empty words, vs. 14a.
a. The negative view.
b. The danger of partial belief.
c. The positive view, vs. 20, Luke 19:10, John 3:16, John 11:25-26.
2. Worthless faith, vs. 14b.
a. The negative view.
b. The danger of partial belief, John 10:30, 14:3,9, Luke 9:22, Matt. 25:31, 1Cor. 15:54.
c. The positive view, vs. 20.
3. God is misrepresented, vs. 15.
a. The negative view.
b. The danger of partial belief.
c. The positive view, vs. 20, Jer. 29:11, John 14:6, 17:5.
4. Sins are not forgiven, vs. 17.
a. The negative view, Eph. 1:7, Rom. 6:23.
b. The danger of partial belief, Eph. 2:8, Heb. 11:6.
c. The positive view, vs. 20, Matt. 5:6,10, Rom. 3:22, 4:5.
5. All the saints have perished, vs. 18.
a. The negative view, Heb. 11:35-38.
b. The danger of partial belief.
c. The positive view, vs. 20, 1Cor. 2:9, Eph. 2:5, 1Pet. 3:18.
6. The most pitiful people on earth, vs. 19.
a. The negative view.
b. The danger of partial belief.
c. The positive view, vs. 20, Luke 6:23.
7. Summation
III. Conclusion

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