Your Convictions About The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

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Practical Lessons for Understanding the Word of God
Your Convictions About the

Resurrection of Jesus Christ
KEY PASSAGE: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 | SUPPORTING SCRIPTURES: Matthew 7:21-23 | 2 Corinthians 5:8
Ephesians 2:8 | Romans 6:23; 10:9 | Hebrews 9:27
who paid the penalty for sin with His death and was
SUMMARY
raised to life.
All believers need to have strong convictions This was also the primary message Paul delivered
regarding certain truths about Jesus Christ. as he traveled around the Roman world spreading the
Primarily, we must be convinced that He was gospel. He founded a church in Corinth, which was
crucified, buried, and raised to life. If He was not one of the most immoral cities of that time. When
resurrected, then He was just like any other man Paul wrote to them, he wanted to make sure they
who was crucified at that time, and wed have no understood the truth about Jesus resurrection.
forgiveness for sins and no hope of eternal life. His
The Importance of the Resurrection
resurrection proves that Jesus is the Son of God,
who overcame death. Because He lives, we too will In 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Paul very clearly
be resurrected one day and live forever. explained why it is so vital to have a firm conviction
about the resurrection.
SERMON POINTS n Verse 12, Now if Christ is preached, that He
has been raised from the dead, how do some
Belief in the resurrection is not optional for
salvation. among you say that there is no resurrection of
the dead? To deny Jesus resurrection is to reject
Romans 10:9 says, If you confess with your mouth both the gospel message and the hope of our
Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God future resurrection as well. Without this hope, we
raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. have no assurance of life after death. Therefore,
Salvation is impossible if we dont have a conviction those who dont believe Christ was raised to life
about this. A conviction is being so thoroughly may think that at death their bodies are put in the
convinced that something is absolutely true that well grave, and they simply cease to exist.
take a stand for it regardless of the consequences. n Verses 13-14, But if there is no resurrection of
All of Christs disciples considered His resurrection the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if
to be an essential part of the gospel that they Christ has not been raised, then our preaching
proclaimed. Wherever they went, this was their main is vain, your faith also is vain. Without the
message. These men were eyewitnesses of His death resurrection of Jesus, we have no message worth
and resurrection. Theyd talked with Him and had preaching, and those who hear and believe our
seen the nail prints in His hands. They were totally message have a worthless faith that accomplishes
convinced of His resurrection, and from that point on, nothing. There would be no reason to attend a
nothing could dissuade them. All of them except John church service because there would be no purpose
were killed for insisting that Jesus was the Son of God for a church to exist. Furthermore, if what the
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Bible says about Jesus being raised is not true, pay this penalty for us and rose again to give us new
then we have no reason to trust anything else in life. Its a free gift accessed through faith in Him, but
the Scriptures. if we reject His death and resurrection on our behalf,
n Verse 15, Moreover we are even found to be we must suffer the penalty for all our sins.
false witnesses of God, because we testified Jesus warned the crowd that followed Him
against God that He raised Christ, whom He saying, Not everyone who says to Me, Lord,
did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he
Since God affirms in His Word that Jesus was who does the will of My Father who is in heaven
raised from the dead, to deny this truth is to deny will enter (Matt. 7:21). If we have a lifestyle of
what the Lord has said. disobedience and sin, it wont matter that we
n Verses 16-18, For if the dead are not raised, claimed to know Christ because our actions prove
not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ otherwise. Genuine faith results in a changed life
has not been raised, your faith is worthless; characterized by obedience.
you are still in your sins. Then those also who We will all face Gods judgment after we die
have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. (Heb. 9:27). But for those of us who have placed our
The resurrection proved that God the Father was faith in Jesus and His death and resurrection, there
satisfied with Christs death as the payment for is hope. Although our bodies will remain on earth,
our sins. If He had not been raised, thered be no our souls will be with Jesus. And in heaven, we will
basis for the forgiveness of our sins, and wed see our loved ones who have died in Christ.
all have to bear the penalty ourselves, which is
eternal separation from God. However, Jesus
RESPONSE
was raised from the dead, and now all those who
believe in Him have absolute confidence that n How convinced are you that Jesus died on a cross
when they die, they will immediately be present and was resurrected? What difference does His
with Christ in heaven (2 Cor. 5:8). resurrection make in your life today?
n Verses 19-20, If we have hoped in Christ n Have you ever thought about the ramifications if
in this life only, we are of all men most to be Jesus had not been raised? How would your life be
pitied. But now Christ has been raised from different if He was still in the grave? How would it
the dead, the first fruits of those who are have affected history? Christianity? Your current
asleep. Our hope is not in this world or even in culture? Your eternal destination?
what Christ does for us here and now. There is
n What emotions do you feel when you think about
another life coming, and we wait for it with great
your own death? Are you confident that Christ is
anticipation. Because Jesus was raised to life, we
your Savior? If not, wont you believe in Him today,
know that we too will be resurrected some day.
repent of your sins, and ask Him to forgive you?
Two Possible Convictions
We can only choose between two possible

convictions about the resurrectioneither Jesus
died and rose again, or its a fictional tale. We must
each make a decision, and the consequences of our
choice are eternal. Scripture says, The wages of To purchase this message on CD or DVD,
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