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11/28/2017 The Christian belief is that after death individuality will survive, that you will still be you and I will still be I. Beside that we have By the Grace of God to set another immense fact. To the Greek the body could not be 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 consecrated. It was matter, the source of all evil, the prison- house of the soul. But to the Christian the body is not evil. Jesus, the Son of God, » Today – our concluding has taken this human body upon sermon in this series on him and therefore it is not God’s grace contemptible because it has been » A look at Paul’s teaching on inhabited by God. To the Christian, therefore the life to the resurrection – based come involves the total person, upon God’s grace body and soul. William Barclay 1. The Gospel Proclaimed (v1 & 3) I. Paul’s Resumé of the » In every generation the Gospel to Corinth Gospel must be proclaimed » The story must be told 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 » The invitation to tell the Good News 1

11/28/2017 3. The Gospel in which 2. The Gospel Received You Stand (v1) (v1 & 3) » The Gospel provides us » In every generation the with stability Gospel must be received » It becomes our foundation » A constant handing down for living life through its of the Gospel storms 4. The Gospel in which 5. The Gospel: Death, Burial, Resurrection (v3 & 4) You are Being Saved (v2) » A process that has begun I. Christ died for our sins (Isaiah 53) – it is the story of the cross (through faith) but continues “ For the message about the to be reinforced throughout cross is foolishness to those our lives (present tense) who are perishing, but to us » Assuming we keep saying our who are being saved it is the ‘yes’ – hold on! (v2b) power of God .” (1 Corinthians 1:18) II. Christ was buried – the reality II. The Resurrection of his death Appearances III. Christ was raised on the third day – raised by God 1 Corinthians 15:5-9 – continues to live now – past perfect tense 2

11/28/2017 Jesus Appeared to 500 Christ Appeared (v5,6,7,8) » Perhaps a reference to » Christ was seen physically – not Matthew 28 at the time of the simply a vision ascension » Cephas (Peter) mentioned first – » He appeared to James – the the one who had denied Christ Lord’s brother who became the » Followed by the twelve disciples leader of the Jerusalem church Jesus Appeared to Paul (v5,6,7,8) III. The Power of » Paul the persecutor of the God’s Grace church; the chief of sinners (1 Timothy 1:15) 1 Corinthians 15:10-11 » Together everyone listed becomes a witness to the resurrection Grace as a Power/Force Power to Save and Shape » Grace is seen as a power, a force, » Grace saved and shaped an energy in the believer’s life Paul’s life – grace 3x in v 10 » Grace enlivens the Christian’s life » “But by the grace of God » Not by works but by the grace of I am what I am ” God » “You then, my child, be strong in » Grace is a summary of God’s the grace that is in Christ Jesus” work in Paul’s life (2 Timothy 2:1) 3

11/28/2017 Questions to Consider Grace With Us » When did grace break into » God’s grace travels with us (v10b) your life? » How has grace continued to » Grace is the power of Jesus in us manifest itself in your life? » This grace continues to » In what way does the hope of empower us and is revealed in the resurrection motivate you the resurrection (v11) to carry on in your Christian journey? 4