Bible Readings:
Luke 23:44-24:12
1 Corinthians 15:1-28
Sermon Outline:
1 Corinthians 15:1–6 (NKJV)
1Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
2by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
5and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
6After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.
I Good News
II Many witnesses
III Promised in the OT
IV Mighty changes
Jesus has forced open a door
C.S. Lewis
that had been locked since the death of the first man.
He has met, fought and beaten the King of Death.
Everything is different because he has done so.
Christians out-die pagans
T. R. Glover
and the resurrection of Christ is the reason.