1 Corinthians 15:1-34 - Part C

Jesus was the prototype. The template his resurrection guarantees our resurrection is Jesus and believe in me will never die. If you believe in me.

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As I read the account slightly like that, ever ready Bunny, garlic, Timex watch. Take a look at the coupon ticket or the wind is always get them up in the morning. The wind mopping. You just go it's GOING get beat up keeps going gets red and keeps going gets bloodied and they think he's dead gets up keeps going. Finally, they kill him chop his head off.

If it weren't for that EP gone the grace of God which is with me. Therefore, whether it was I or they weather was myself or the other apostles. So we preach that is the resurrection and so you believe those are the lines of evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ sets the foundation before he gets into the rest. And that is our resurrection. Now if there is no resurrection, like the Sadducees say like the Romans say like the Greeks a personal resurrection then what then what well he answers that first of all there's no resurrection of Jesus is still dead. Verse 12 if Christ is preached, that he is not been raised or that is, if Christ is preached, that is been raised from the dead, how do some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead. If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen, so there's no resurrection that Jesus didn't get raised, and that means he still dead and means everybody's worshiping the dead decomposed historical figure is no power in that there is no gospel and that is no transformation in that. That's number one number two it would mean Jesus is a liar. There's no resurrection, Jesus is flat out the biggest liar in the world because he predicted his resurrection he said I'm going to Jerusalem to beat me up to kill me and on the third day on the rise again and he predicted over and over again that he would die get buried and be raised up if he didn't get raised up, he's dead, decomposed, and is a liar number three. If there's no resurrection, then our preaching is ridiculous. Verse 14 of Christ is not risen, then our preaching is vain and your faith is also vain the reason it would be vain or ridiculous empty is because the resurrection is at the heart of the gospel. It was at the heart of every single message preached in the book of acts the resurrection.

The resurrection.

The resurrection. This is why in Jesus ministry when he was on the earth. 3 1/2 years. His enemies were the Pharisees not so after Jesus rose again and ascended the enemies of the early church in the book of acts where the sad DC because the apostles and the Christians preach in every message the resurrection.

The resurrection. The resurrection, so there's a resurrection. Jesus tell dad he's a big liar and our preaching is absolutely empty and ridiculous number four. If there is no resurrection.

The disciples are all liars verse 15 yes, and we are found false witnesses of God because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ, whom he did not raise up if in fact the dead do not rocks. Remember that disciples were pretty there pretty amped up over the resurrection. At first when they didn't believe it.

Of course they weren't the women came from the tomb box is empty.

I think she's alive and it says the disciples pay no real attention to these are women, their emotional I know they love Jesus.

They didn't see it was early in the morning there's tears in their eyes didn't get that right.

Okay I'm God bless you and Pat on the back. See you later, but they didn't believe. But then Peter and John went to the tomb. They looked in they believe then Jesus appeared to all of them. Then they believe even Thomas the doubter believed and they went everywhere with them.

Message animated by that message that Jesus is not a dead Savior but is a lot but there's a resurrection than their liars.

Number five. If there is no resurrection from the dead. There is no forgiveness for sin, for if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. If Christ is not risen, your faith is futile, empty, you are still in your sins because part of the transaction of forgiveness necessitates not just his death, but his conquering of death in the resurrection justified.

We are justified by believing in his death, burial and resurrection. But if there's no resurrection, then there's no forgiveness number six. If there is no resurrection, then death is the end for all of us for every person. Verse 18, then those who have fallen asleep or died in Christ have perished. Think back if you know your history to the early days of Christianity, when the number of martyrs was exponentially growing to be a believer in the Roman Empire to assert that you believe in the death, burial and resurrection, and you follow Christ that you are harassed meant you are persecuted you lost your job, you got beat up and many of them.

Many of them killed between the second century and fourth century A.D. there were 10 waves of persecution by the Empire against the Christian church in which they were beheaded they were flayed alive, burned alive. They were disemboweled they were put on polls alive, covered with pitch used as porches to light up the gardens of the Emperor at night. There were just a litany of things that they suffer worthless suffering, worthless, stupid. If there is no resurrection. There's no hope beyond this life, physical resurrection, not just being with the Lord, but a fit because it's promised in the Scripture promised by Jesus. If there's a resurrection than death ends at all and we have no future and then verse 19 is the summary verse all this.

Here's the summary if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable.

That's a summary statement.

There is no resurrection, and we just are living this little pipedream. It's a little fool's paradise to believe in Jesus that he rose and would interact if just it's a fools paradise is just it's a feel-good religion but has no real teeth for transformation for the future. If in this life we have hope in Christ only.

We are of all men most pitiable when Paul wrote to the Thessalonian church. One of the issues he was dealing with as they were so worried about their loved ones who had died before the coming of the Lord, and for some reason they thought my loved ones who have died they died before Jesus could return you to miss out on the glorious kingdom age. So Paul writes to Mrs. I don't want you to be ignorant concerning those who have fallen asleep last use sorrow like those who have no hope. Lest you sorrow like those who have no when I do a funeral and I look out at the audience. I can tell just by looking at people who believes and who doesn't. I mean it's it's up anybody could sound like I have some magical mystical powers.

I know say that I don't but you can tell when you're at a funeral when you are facing the hard cold reality of death and you bring up the promises of God. You can see people who are yes and I believe that our unit it resonates or comforted by it and others just like stairs. They are sorrowing with the hopeless sorrow. Those who believe in the resurrection they sorrow but not like those who have no hope filled with hope they know they're going to see that loved one again because of the resurrection.

So that's the summary statement in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are all men most pitiable but now Christ is risen from the dead. So he's affirming Christ is risen and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. Now he's transitioning to our resurrection. Jesus was the prototype. The template his resurrection guarantees our resurrection, because Jesus said if you believe in me will never die.

If you believe in me.

Some will be resurrected to damnation. Others will be resurrected to life, believe in me you be raised to new life.

Keep he predicted.

Our resurrection so his resurrection is the template the prototype and the guarantee of our resurrection, so Christ is risen from the dead. He is become the firstfruits was at me in the Old Testament there was a festival in Judaism called the festival of firstfruits was the ingathering and they would bring a sheaf from the harvest, and they tied it up and they would waive it before the Lord. Now that she that they waived before the Lord was emblematic that there's a whole harvest. They didn't take every thing that they cut from the field and waive it before the Lord just one chief, but this sheaf is the statement that the whole harvest belongs to the Lord. That's firstfruits Jesus resurrection was like waving that she fits the guarantee that will be a harvest of souls who will also be raised up.

So one is the prototype and the guarantee of the other for since by man came death. Who was that man the brought death, Adam.

You know your Bible by man M also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, right in the margin of your Bible. Romans chapter 5 look at that later. Not now, as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. That is Adam's sin and past death on Derby and the consequences of that fall. That's into every human being. As we mentioned this last weekend so Adam then acted is what we call were theologians call the federal head of the human race.

What he did.

We all suffer the consequences for I know you go. Let's affair Adam Blewett. I did make that decision know you didn't but you would had you been in that same spot while you know that will because all have sinned. It says right after that.

Romans five all have sinned, have you sent. I know I have.

I will nod yes we are sinners by nature and by choice, so you might say will that's not fair. I wasn't there when it happened and yet I'm suffering the consequences. Okay, you're right. I'll give it to you is not fair, but neither is it fair because you weren't there at the crucifixion.

It's not fair that you should be forgiven all of your sins.

That's not fair. You deserve punishment so to live, but God is giving you what you deserve.

What is fair he's he's putting all the punishment on Jesus so you can have what's not fair salvation. So one man Blewett for everybody but one man got it all back and that is Jesus is not fair not fair not fair that Jesus took the plan.

Lame for you and that you get the benefit of what he did is not fair, but it's grace and by the grace of God I am what I am. So in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive. But each one in his own order, orders a military word in rank or in a certain procedural timeframe would be a translation of that each one in his own order, that is, different resurrections for different people. Christ the firstfruits, afterwords those who are Christ's at his coming.

Then comes the end, when he delivers. I love Paul's eschatology. It's so concise here.

Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the father when he puts an end to all rule and all authority and all power.

For he must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death there is not a general resurrection as some suppose.

Some think that rolling a die and then at some point in the future there just everybody stands before God at one time, and there's a general resurrection and a general judgment, not the case. You might think that's the case.

If you are read John chapter 5 and it says the hour is coming when all who are in the graves will hear my voice, and some will be raised to the resurrection of life, others will be raised to the resurrection of condemnation. It might sound.

Just because Jesus said that that that's all going to happen once, but it won't. He didn't say it will. And if you read the rest of the book. We know there's a thousand years between our resurrection and unbelievers or our resurrection and unbelievers, resurrection and judgment. So, at his coming.

It says our resurrection.

First Thessalonians chapter 4 voice of the archangel. The trumpet of God.

The dead in Christ, the dead in Christ shall rise first rise first.

So those who have died all your loved ones who have died were believers at the rapture of the church will be the resurrection of their physical body. Their spirit and their bodies will reunite is added didn't sound like a good thing for me to get back in my body. I kinda like I'm getting old now and I don't want this, but I will don't worry, you're knocking to look like that when that happens, but that's a whole another discussion on looking at the time of time to get into that because it's kinda covered here. Later on in the chapter so Jesus resurrection. Then he comes back rapture of the church. He comes to the church in the Air Force was on chapter 4, the dead in Christ rise first. Then there's a translation.

Those who are alive and remain will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. That's it is coming but then after he comes back and there's a seven year tribulation and then Jesus comes back with us to the earth's foot touches the Mount of olives at the second coming, then there's a thousand years a thousand years of peace on the earth. We call it the kingdom age.

That's the Old Testament idea the New Testament idea. In Revelation 20 is the millennium of the millennial kingdom. The kingdom age thousand years ruling and reigning with Christ upon the earth, a renovated earth. After that comes in another resurrection for unbelievers ablation 20 says after the thousand years.

I saw the dead, the dead, those who had died raised up standing before the great white throne judgment of God and all of those people. Their names was not there. They were not written in the book of life. They were cast into the lake of fire. That is the second death that resurrection for unbelievers happens at the end of the thousand year.

So, some will be raised to life rapture of the church others to condemnation of thousand years later so that's the order of it.

He must reign until he's put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that would be destroyed is death.

Again, I commend you read Revelation chapter 20 says and death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire.

It's the day when death dies because now everyone has been resurrected. Everyone will live forever in their resurrected bodies either in heaven or in hell. Death is no longer an issue. Death dies, the last enemy. The district is destroyed is death, for he is put all things under his feet. Verse 27, but when he says all things are put under him, it is evident that he who puts all things under him is accepted that is God the father. Now when all things are made subject to him, then the son himself will also be subject to him who will put all things under him, that God may be all in all, Jesus left heaven came to the earth, was subject to his father ascended into heaven at the right hand of the father will deliver the kingdom to his father. The triune God will be at that point once again not one on earth subservient to the other, but the triune God father son and Holy Spirit, one triune God throughout all of eternity in the eternal state.

Let me just finish the verse in an alcohol explained that it will move on all things verse 28 are are directed that God may be all in all. Otherwise I would get into verse 29 rapture of the church thousand years later unbelievers. After that death dies after that heavens and earth are destroyed and John says I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and there's a new capital city, new Jerusalem, we call that the eternal state. So after the resurrections comes now the eternal state. So all men say drone save living forever in one place of the other in a resurrected body either one to condemnation or when the life and the reason I'm not going to get into verse 29. All are read on the verse 34 and then pick that up because you'll see why. Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead. What on earth is going on here who baptize with their Mormons back then is out. That's the only group today who baptizes for the dead. And you know why they do it because of this verse erroneously and context totally wrong misinterpreted otherwise. What will they do who are baptized for the dead. If the dead do not rise at all. Why then are they baptized for the dead. Why do we stand in jeopardy. Every hour I affirmed by the boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. That is, I face the possibility of death daily if, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus what advantage is it to me if the dead do not rise.

Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die not be deceived, evil company corrupts good habits, awake to righteousness and do not sin. For some do not have the knowledge of God is the distribution escape the message from the series exponent first: now you Skip tissue you can keep this broadcast going strong connecting you and many others to God's truths.

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