Philippians 3: 10

Philippians 3: 10-11

I Corinthians 15

Setting up the caseVerses 1-11The factual evidence

Verses 12-34Argument of the two sides

Verses 35-58Based on that conclusion, the meaning

I Corinthians 15: 1-11

I received it & passed it onWe preached itYou received itYou are saved…IF…

The evidence

I Corinthians 15: 1-11

Christ died for our sins He was buried He was raised on the 3rd day He appeared to many people

According to the Scriptures…

The evidence

I Corinthians 15: 12

If Christ was raised, then,how can some of you saythere is no resurrection

of the dead?

One cannot be true & one a lie

The argument

I Corinthians 15: 12-34

If Christ was not raised, then…• You won’t be either• Your dead loved ones are lost• You are still in your sins• Your faith is useless, futile• We are liars, blasphemers

The argument

I Corinthians 15: 19

“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitiedmore than all men.”

The argument

I Corinthians 15: 20-28

“BUT, Christ has indeedbeen raised from the dead!”Adam = death, all dieChrist = resurrection,

all made alive

The argument

I Corinthians 15: 29-34

Why are you baptizing for the dead,if the dead aren’t going to be raised?

The argument

Don’t let the heathens corrupt your faith!

I Corinthians 15: 35-58

“And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.”

The meaning

“we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed…”

I Corinthians 15: 35-41

“But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.”

The meaning

What kind of body will we have?

The meaning

The meaning

The meaning

The meaning

I Corinthians 15: 42-44, 53-54

Perishable > ImperishableDishonorable > GloriousMortal > ImmortalWeak > PowerfulNatural > Spiritual

The meaning

What kind of body will we have?

Earthly Heavenly

John 3: 5-8

Not perishable, but imperishable

The meaning

I Peter 1: 18-19, 23

Flesh & blood cannot enter

I Corinthians 15: 50

Only the Spirit can enter

I Corinthians 15: 21-22, 45-49

Adam = death, all diefrom dust, earthly, natural

Christ = resurrection, all made alive

from heaven, Spiritual,super-natural

The meaning

I John 3: 2

“Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”

The meaning

I Thessalonians 4: 15-17

The meaningThe chain of events

Christ, then those who belong to Him

I Corinthians 15: 23-24

Some asleep, some alive – ALL changed

I Corinthians 15: 51

Christ, those asleep, those alive

I Corinthians 15: 26, 52, 54-57

“in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye,at the last trumpet…”

The meaning

We are changed, we are raised,death is destroyed!

I Corinthians 15: 20

The meaning“BUT, Christ has indeedbeen raised from the dead!”

He is risenHe is risen indeed!