The Overflow of Easter

A Whole Theology of Resurrection in One Chapter

April 25, 2000

1 Corinthians 15

1. Christ died for us and rose again.

Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and . . . He was buried, and . . .
He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. (1Co_15:3-4)

2. He verified his resurrection by large public appearances.

After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of
whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep. (1Co_15:6)

3. Because Christ has risen, we are not still in our sins.

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
(1Co_15:17)

4. Because Christ has risen, our afflicted lives are not pitiable.

If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
(1Co_15:19)

5. We who trust Christ will be raised from the dead at Christ's second
coming.

For as in Adam all [his posterity] die, so also in Christ all will [his posterity] be made
alive. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are
Christ's at His coming. (1Co_15:22-23)

6. Christ now reigns invincibly over the universe.

For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy
that will be abolished is death. (1Co_15:25-26)

7. Our resurrection body will be imperishable, glorious, powerful, and

spiritual.

[Our resurrection body] is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;

it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in
power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. (1Co_15:42-44)

8. Living or dead, we shall be given new bodies in an instant at Christ's

coming.
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. (1Co_15:51-52)

9. Death now has no sting and will be swallowed up in victory.

But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have
put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "Death is
swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
(1Co_15:54-55)

10. Christ suffered for sin and satisfied the law for us.

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. (1Co_15:56-57)

11. Therefore, do huge amounts of Christ-exalting work because none of

it is in vain.

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. (1Co_15:58)

Loving to live by the hope of being raised with him,

Pastor John

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