1 Corinthians 15:1-4 – “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that 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:”

1. It proves He is the Son of God. John 10:17,18 – "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself, I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father."

1. It proves He is the Son of God. 2. It attests to the truth of Scripture Acts 1:3 – "To whom also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

1. It proves He is the Son of God. 2. It attests to the truth of Scripture 3. It assures us of a future resurrection I Corinthians 15:52 – "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

1. It proves He is the Son of God. 2. It attests to the truth of Scripture 3. It assures us of a future resurrection I Thessalonians 4:14 – "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him."

1. It proves He is the Son of God. 2. It attests to the truth of Scripture 3. It assures us of a future resurrection 4. It is proof of future judgment Romans 14:12 – "So then everyone of us shall give an account of himself to God."

4. It is proof of future judgment 5. It is the basis for future inheritance I Peter 1:3-5 – "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in Heaven for you."

4. It is proof of future judgment 5. It is the basis for future inheritance 6. It is the foundation of Christ's priesthood Hebrews 7:24 – "But this man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

4. It is proof of future judgment 5. It is the basis for future inheritance 6. It is the foundation of Christ's priesthood 7. It gives power to the Christian life Galatians 2:20 – "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."

John 10:10 – "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."