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 Corinthians 15:1-19

* The resurrection of Jesus is the heart of the Christian faith and message.
The fact of Jesus’ resurrection rests upon the certainty of Jesus’ death and burial,
and sealing of the tomb, and empty tomb,
and on the record of ten different physical appearances of the risen Jesus.
The main message of the apostles is Jesus’ death on the cross and the resurrection of Christ. The message gives the guarantee of the redemption of sin and defeat of death
and the hope of eternal life.

Do I believe in Jesus’ resurrection?
What is the certain testimony among the facts of the resurrection of the Lord?

*The witnesses of the resurrection of Christ (5-11)/
The resurrection of the Lord causes the change of those who believe Jesus.
The change of the apostles and the early believers is
the result of witnessing the resurrection of the Lord.
The witnesses of the resurrection showed in their sudden and amazing changes.
The representative change is the change of Paul
from persecutor to the witness of the resurrection.
The results of the changes are upon the descent of Holy Spirit as the guarantee of
the resurrection and the beginning of the church of the Lord.

3. What is your relationship with the resurrection of the Lord and your Christian faith?
4. What aspects of the resource for changing me?

* The indispensable relationship between the resurrection of the Lord and Christian faith
Sometime in the church, there are those who disbelieve the resurrection of the Lord.
Their disbelief does not the foundation of their salvation.
Without believing in the resurrection, their faith is in vain.
Without the resurrection people deny God’s salvation the Christ who rose from death.

The result of denial of the resurrection (15-19)/
The message of apostles who speak of the resurrection would be in vain
and they would be false witnesses.
Christians would still be in sin, those who died in the Lord were destroyed.