1. The Resurrection Celebrated annually by the religions of men Observed weekly by Christians I Cor. 11:26 Daily impact on lives Rom. 8:11-12 The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ most basic teaching of the Gospel that which gives it power validation of the person and message

2. 1 Cor 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

3. By His Resurrection Declared to be the Son of God Rom. 1:4 Verified the truth of His message including judgment Acts 17:31 Assures our resurrection II Cor. 4:14 Evil and good Jn. 5:29, Acts 24:15 Gives us hope 1 Pet. 1:3 Gives us justification Rom. 4:23-25

4. Our Final Resurrection Basics (Heb 6:1-2) Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. Sadducees denied the resurrection Acts 23:8 Some taught it was already over II Tim. 2:18

5. I Corinthians 15:12-23 Our resurrection is tied to Jesus’ 12-13 If no resurrection then: Our preaching is vain 14 Your faith is vain 14 We are false witnesses 15 Your in your sins still 16 The dead perished in their sins 17 We are miserable 18

6. Our First Resurrection Rom 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Form: death, burial, and resurrection Gal. 2:20 crucified yet living (resurrection) Col. 2:12 burial when we die to sin

7. Rom 6:3-5 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

8. 1 Peter 3:20-21 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: