Sunday morning sermon April 12, 2015 at the Heritage Addition church of Christ located in Booneville, AR.

1. 1 Corinthians
15:12-20
Heritage Addition church of Christ
By Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Morning, April 12, 2015

3. Ephesians 3:9-11 NKJV and to make all see
what is the fellowship of the mystery, which
from the beginning of the ages has been
hidden in God who created all things through
Jesus Christ; (10) to the intent that now the
manifold wisdom of God might be made
known by the church to the principalities and
powers in the heavenly places, (11)
according to the eternal purpose which He
accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

4. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 NKJV (1) Moreover,
brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I
preached to you, which also you received and
in which you stand, (2) by which also you are
saved, if you hold fast that word which I
preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
(3) For I delivered to you first of all that
which I also received: that Christ died for our
sins according to the Scriptures, (4) and that
He was buried, and that He rose again the
third day according to the Scriptures,

5. ONLY IF HE WAS
RESURECTED!

6. Matthew 20:18-19 NKJV "Behold, we are
going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man
will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the
scribes; and they will condemn Him to death,
(19) and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock
and to scourge and to crucify. And the third
day He will rise again.”

7. If Christ was not Raised…
Then our Preaching is in Vain:
1 Corinthians 15:12-14 NKJV (12) Now if
Christ is preached that He has been raised
from the dead, how do some among you say
that there is no resurrection of the dead? (13)
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then
Christ is not risen. (14) And if Christ is not
risen, then our preaching is empty and your
faith is also empty.

8. If Christ was not Raised…
Then our Preaching is in Vain:
2 Timothy 1:10-12 NKJV but has now been
revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus
Christ, who has abolished death and brought
life and immortality to light through the
gospel, (11) to which I was appointed a
preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the
Gentiles.

9. If Christ was not Raised…
Then our Preaching is in Vain:
2 Timothy 1:10-12 continued For this reason I
also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not
ashamed, for I know whom I have believed
and am persuaded that He is able to keep what
I have committed to Him until that Day.

10. If Christ was not Raised…
Then our Preaching is in Vain:
Ephesians 2:19-20 NKJV Now, therefore, you
are no longer strangers and foreigners, but
fellow citizens with the saints and members of
the household of God, (20) having been built
on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ Himself being the chief
cornerstone,
The Words of the Apostles are Lies:

11. If Christ was not Raised…
Then our Preaching is in Vain:
Romans 1:16 NKJV For I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God
to salvation for everyone who believes, for the
Jew first and also for the Greek.
The Gospel would be meaningless:

12. If Christ was not Raised…
Then our Faith is in Vain:
1 Corinthians 15:14 NKJV (14) And if Christ
is not risen, then our preaching is empty and
your faith is also empty.
1 Corinthians 15:19 NKJV (19) If in this life
only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men
the most pitiable.

13. If Christ was not Raised…
Then we are still LOST in our SINS!!!
Romans 6:6-10 NKJV knowing this, that our
old man was crucified with Him, that the body
of sin might be done away with, that we
should no longer be slaves of sin. (7) For he
who has died has been freed from sin. (8)
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that
we shall also live with Him,

14. If Christ was not Raised…
Then we are still LOST in our SINS!!!
Romans 6:6-10 continued (9) knowing that
Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies
no more. Death no longer has dominion over
Him. (10) For the death that He died, He died
to sin once for all; but the life that He lives,
He lives to God.

15. If Christ was not Raised…
Then we are still LOST in our SINS!!!
1 Corinthians 15:17-18 NKJV (17) And if
Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are
still in your sins! (18) Then also those who
have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.Perished
Apollumi – lit. destroyed.

16. If Christ was not Raised…
Then there is NO RESURECTION:
1 Corinthians 15:12-13 NKJV (12) Now if
Christ is preached that He has been raised
from the dead, how do some among you say
that there is no resurrection of the dead? (13)
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then
Christ is not risen.

17. If Christ was not Raised…
Then there is NO RESURECTION:
1 Corinthians 15:32 NKJV (32) If, in the
manner of men, I have fought with beasts at
Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the
dead do not rise, "LET US EAT AND DRINK,
FOR TOMORROW WE DIE!”

18. But NOW Christ is Risen:
1 Corinthians 15:20 NKJV (20) But now
Christ is risen from the dead, and has become
the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
IS RISEN (perfect tense)
John 19:30 NKJV So when Jesus had
received the sour wine, He said, "It is
finished!" And bowing His head, He gave up
His spirit.
Jesus Remains Risen!!!

19. 1 Corinthians 15:5-8 NKJV (5) and that He
was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. (6)
After that He was seen by over five hundred
brethren at once, of whom the greater part
remain to the present, but some have fallen
asleep. (7) After that He was seen by James,
then by all the apostles. (8) Then last of all
He was seen by me also, as by one born out of
due time.

20. Read Luke 24:1-8
Matt. 27:62-66 NKJV On the next day, which
followed the Day of Preparation, the chief
priests and Pharisees gathered together to
Pilate, (63) saying, "Sir, we remember, while
He was still alive, how that deceiver said,
'After three days I will rise.' (64) Therefore
command that the tomb be made secure until

21. Matt. 27:62-66 continued the third day, lest His
disciples come by night and steal Him away,
and say to the people, 'He has risen from the
dead.' So the last deception will be worse than
the first." (65) Pilate said to them, "You have
a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you
know how.” (66) So they went and made the
tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the
guard.

22. Romans 6:3-5 NKJV Or do you not know that
as many of us as were baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into His death? (4)
Therefore we were buried with Him through
baptism into death, that just as Christ was
raised from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life.

23. Romans 6:3-5 continued (5) For if we have
been united together in the likeness of His
death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness
of His resurrection,

24. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 NKJV (13) Let us hear
the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God
and keep His commandments, For this is
man's all. (14) For God will bring every work
into judgment, Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.