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The Most Important Day in the History of Mankind!

The Most Important Day in the History of Mankind!. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. 234-233 Years Ago. Approximately 234 years ago,

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The Most Important Day in the History of Mankind!

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  1. The Most Important Day in the History of Mankind! 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

  2. 234-233 Years Ago Approximately 234 years ago, fifty-six men signed the Declaration between August 2, 1776 and January 22, 1777, including two future presidents, three vice presidents, and ten members of the United States Congress.

  3. Today is the day many of us will celebrate our nation’s birth. But this is not the most important holiday for those with dual-citizenship.

  4. Dual-Citizenship For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ (Phil 3:20).

  5. Consider this On July 4th, they assembled to declare independence from King George III and we are assembling to worship our King of Kings!

  6. 1 Peter 2:9 • But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; What day is the most important day in the life of this holy nation?

  7. Fact Everything about Christianity rises and falls on the full and complete resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  8. Why? 1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

  9. The Issue Some at the church at Corinth were struggling with the reality of the resurrection.

  10. Passage Outline I. Paul defines the Gospel (vs. 1-4) II. Paul provides eyewitness of the resurrection of Christ (vs. 5-8) III. Paul explains the impact the resurrected Lord had on his life (vs. 9-10)

  11. 1 Corinthians 15:1 • Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospelwhich I preached unto you, which also ye have received [past tense], and wherein ye stand [present tense];

  12. The Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:2 • By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. What am I saved from?

  13. Romans 5:9 • Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

  14. James 5:20 • Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

  15. Revelations 20:6 & 14 • Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. • And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

  16. Perseverance 1 Corinthians 15:2 • By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. Perseverance is a characteristic of the authentic Christian.

  17. Perseverance 1 Corinthians 15:2 • By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. See John 2:23-24

  18. John 2:23-24 • Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. • But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

  19. The Source 1 Corinthians 15:3 • For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

  20. When did you receive it? 35AD • And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. Galatians 2:9

  21. The Gospel Defined (Part I) 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 • For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sinsaccording to the scriptures; And that he was buried,

  22. The Gospel Defined (Part II) 1 Corinthians 15:4b • and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

  23. Required Responseto the Gospel (vs. 2) Authentic Repentant Faith “received/believed”

  24. Central Truth to Christianity Romans 10:9 • That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

  25. W/O the Resurrection Christ is a liar. 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 (John 10:18).

  26. W/O the Resurrection The gospel is powerless to save man from sin and death.

  27. W/O the Resurrection The Promises of God cannot be trusted to be TRUE.

  28. Fact Everything about Christianity rises and falls on the full and complete resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  29. Proof of the Resurrection 1. The Appearances

  30. Seen of Many 1 Corinthians 15:5-8 • Individuals (by name) • The Twelve (including Matthias) • 500 (of whom many are still alive) • The Apostles (more than the 12)

  31. Proof of the Resurrection The Appearances & The Empty Tomb (buried & rose again)

  32. Proof of the Resurrection 1. The Appearances 2. The Empty Tomb 3. Changed Lives Peter, James, Paul

  33. Changed Lives: Peter 1 Corinthians 15:6 • And that he was seen of Cephas, And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. (Jn 1:42) Greek petros

  34. Changed Lives: Peter • Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this Man of whom you speak!” • Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing..

  35. Changed Lives: James 1 Corinthians 15:7-8 • After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. • And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

  36. Changed Lives: James • Critical scholars almost always hold that James, the brother of Jesus, was a skeptical unbeliever during the time of Jesus’ ministry (Mark 3:21-35; John 7:5). Habermas What changed His Life?

  37. James the Brother of Jesus For even His brothers did not believe in Him. In the Upper Room • These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

  38. Proof of the Resurrection 1. The Appearances 2. The Empty Tomb 3. Changed Lives 4. James & the Church In Jerusalem

  39. Acts 21:17-18 • And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. • And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

  40. Changed Lives: Paul 1 Corinthians 15:8-9 • And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  41. Paul’s Change 1 Corinthians 15:10 • But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  42. Proof of the Resurrection 1. The Appearances 2. The Empty Tomb 3. Changed Lives 4. The Church In Jerusalem 5. Christianity Today

  43. The Same Gospel • 1 Corinthians 15:11 • Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

  44. Question Has the grace of God changed your life? Do you believe?

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