1. The Resurrection
& You

2. Six Reasons Why We Fear Death
Death is mysterious & unknown
We each have to face death alone
We are separated from our loved ones
Our personal hopes & dreams will not be realized
Death raises the possibility that we will be annihilated
Death is unavoidable

3. Why the Resurrection Should Be Important to You
“‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ ‘O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?’
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks
be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
I Corinthians 15:54-57

4. The Gospel
“Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached
to you, which also you received, (in which) also you stand,
(by which) also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I
preached to you, unless you believed in vain.”
I Corinthians 15:1-2
in which you stand
by which you are saved

5. The Gospel
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received,
that Christ died for our sins (according to the Scriptures), and
that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day
(according to the Scriptures), and that He appeared …”
I Corinthians 15:3-5

6. The Gospel 1) Christ died for our sins He was buried
According to the Scriptures Affirmation
1) Christ died for our sins He was buried
2) He was raised on the He appeared to …
third day

7. What If There is No Resurrection?
“But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has
been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then …
Our preaching is vain (v. 14)
Your faith is vain (v. 14)
We are found to be false witnesses (v. 15)
Your faith is worthless (v. 17)
You are still in your sins (v. 17)

8. What If There is No Resurrection?
“Then those who have fallen asleep (died) in Christ have perished.
If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most
to be pitied.”
I Corinthians 15:18-19

9. The Resurrection of Christ & the Resurrection
Of Those Who are in Christ
“But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of
those who are asleep (dead).”
“For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection
of the dead.”
“For as (in Adam) all die, so also (in Christ) shall all be made alive.”
I Corinthians 15:20-22

10. What If There is No Resurrection?
“If the dead are not raised, ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we
die.’”
I Corinthians 15:32

11. The Resurrection & New Bodies
“But someone will say, ‘How are the dead raised? And with what
kind of body do they come?’”
I Corinthians 15:35

12. Earthly Bodies & Heavenly Bodies
“There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory
of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.”
I Corinthians 15:40
Earthly (flesh of men, beasts, birds and fish)
Heavenly (sun, moon and stars)

13. A Mystery That Changes Everything
“Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised
imperishable, and we shall be changed.”
I Corinthians 15:51-52

14. A Mystery That Changes Everything
“For this perishable must put on imperishable, and this mortal
must put on immortality.”
“But when this perishable will have put on imperishable, and this
mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the
saying that is written, ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’”
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
I Corinthians 15:53-55

15. A Mystery That Changes Everything
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; …”
“… but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ.”
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in
vain in the Lord.”
I Corinthians 15:56-58