Philippians 3: 10
Philippians 3: 10-11
I Corinthians 15
Setting up the caseVerses 1-11The factual evidence
Verses 12-34Argument of the two sides
Verses 35-58Based on that conclusion, the meaning
I Corinthians 15: 1-11
I received it & passed it onWe preached itYou received itYou are saved…IF…
The evidence
I Corinthians 15: 1-11
Christ died for our sins He was buried He was raised on the 3rd day He appeared to many people
According to the Scriptures…
The evidence
I Corinthians 15: 12
If Christ was raised, then,how can some of you saythere is no resurrection
of the dead?
One cannot be true & one a lie
The argument
I Corinthians 15: 12-34
If Christ was not raised, then…• You won’t be either• Your dead loved ones are lost• You are still in your sins• Your faith is useless, futile• We are liars, blasphemers
The argument
I Corinthians 15: 19
“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitiedmore than all men.”
The argument
I Corinthians 15: 20-28
“BUT, Christ has indeedbeen raised from the dead!”Adam = death, all dieChrist = resurrection,
all made alive
The argument
I Corinthians 15: 29-34
Why are you baptizing for the dead,if the dead aren’t going to be raised?
The argument
Don’t let the heathens corrupt your faith!
I Corinthians 15: 35-58
“And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.”
The meaning
“we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed…”
I Corinthians 15: 35-41
“But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.”
The meaning
What kind of body will we have?
The meaning
The meaning
The meaning
The meaning
I Corinthians 15: 42-44, 53-54
Perishable > ImperishableDishonorable > GloriousMortal > ImmortalWeak > PowerfulNatural > Spiritual
The meaning
What kind of body will we have?
Earthly Heavenly
John 3: 5-8
Not perishable, but imperishable
The meaning
I Peter 1: 18-19, 23
Flesh & blood cannot enter
I Corinthians 15: 50
Only the Spirit can enter
I Corinthians 15: 21-22, 45-49
Adam = death, all diefrom dust, earthly, natural
Christ = resurrection, all made alive
from heaven, Spiritual,super-natural
The meaning
I John 3: 2
“Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”
The meaning
I Thessalonians 4: 15-17
The meaningThe chain of events
Christ, then those who belong to Him
I Corinthians 15: 23-24
Some asleep, some alive – ALL changed
I Corinthians 15: 51
Christ, those asleep, those alive
I Corinthians 15: 26, 52, 54-57
“in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye,at the last trumpet…”
The meaning
We are changed, we are raised,death is destroyed!
I Corinthians 15: 20
The meaning“BUT, Christ has indeedbeen raised from the dead!”
He is risenHe is risen indeed!