The Resurrection of the Lord 1 Cor. 15: 1-4
Topics Importance Evidence Personal Glimpses Two Different Resurrections The Believer’s Resurrection Body Therefore . . .
IMPORTANCE Foundational to the faith (1 Cor. 15: 2) Verification (John 10: 18) Hope (confidence) for the believer (1 Cor. 15: 51-53)
EVIDENCE Many infallible proofs (Acts 1: 3) Appearances to His own (e.g., 1 Cor. 15: 5-9) Graves opened (Matt. 27: 52, 53) Martyrs during the NT record (1 Cor. 15: 29) Lives of the apostles (e.g., 1 Cor. 15: 31) Through the centuries . . . “He Lives within My Heart” (Rom. 8: 11, 16, 17)
PERSONAL GLIMPSES Women (Mark 16: 1) Mary Magdalene (Mark 16: 9; John 20: 15) Peter (1 Cor. 15: 5) Disciples (Luke 24: 11)>idle tales?
TWO DIFFERENT RESURRECTIONS (John 5: 28, 29) LIFE CONDEMNATION
THE RESURRECTION BODY OF THE BELIEVER: WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE THE RESURRECTION BODY OF THE BELIEVER: WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE? (1 Corinthians 15) Illustration 1> vv. 37-38 Illustration 2> v. 41 Contrasts> vv. 42-44
THEREFORE . . . (1 Cor. 15: 58) INCENTIVES GIVEN POWER GIVEN (Phil. 3: 10) ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN