Is it true that Jesus was raised from the dead? Well, the Old Testament and Jesus prophesied the event, Peter preached it, Paul proclaimed it and many people saw Him. But what is the significance? If Jesus is still in the tomb, our preaching and faith is in vain; we are still in our sins; our dead have perished. 1Corinthians 15:12-19

2. 1Corinthians 15:12-19
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? But if there is no
resurrection of the dead, then

3. 1Corinthians 15:12-19
Christ is not risen. And if Christ is
not risen, then our preaching is
empty and your faith is also
empty. Yes, and we are found false
witnesses of God, because we
have testified of God that He

4. 1Corinthians 15:12-19
raised up Christ, whom He did not
raise up—if in fact the dead do not
rise. For if the dead do not rise,
then Christ is not risen. And if
Christ is not risen, your faith is
futile; you are still in your sins!

5. 1Corinthians 15:12-19
Then also those who have fallen
asleep in Christ have perished. If
in this life only we have hope in
Christ, we are of all men the most
pitiable.

7. Is it true that Jesus was
raised from the dead?
• The old testament prophesied it

8. Psalm 16:10
For You will not leave my
soul in Sheol, nor will You
allow Your Holy One to see
corruption.

9. Isaiah 53:10b
When You make His soul an
offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall
prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the LORD
shall prosper in His hand.

10. Is it true that Jesus was
raised from the dead?
• The old testament prophesied it
• Jesus prophesied it

11. John 2:19-22
Jesus answered and said to them,
“Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up.”
Then the Jews said, “It has taken
forty-six years to build this temple,
and will You raise it up in three
days?”

12. John 2:19-22
But He was speaking of the temple
of His body. Therefore, when He
had risen from the dead, His
disciples remembered that He
had said this to them; and they
believed the Scripture and the
word which Jesus had said.

13. John 10:17,18
“Therefore My Father loves Me,
because I lay down My life that I
may take it again. No one takes it
from Me, but I lay it down of Myself.
I have power to lay it down, and I
have power to take it again. This
command I have received from My
Father.”

14. Matthew 16:21
From that time Jesus began to
show to His disciples that He must
go to Jerusalem, and suffer many
things from the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be killed,
and be raised the third day.

15. Is it true that Jesus was
raised from the dead?
• The old testament prophesied it
• Jesus prophesied it
• Peter preached it

16. Acts 2:23,24
Him, being delivered by the
determined purpose and
foreknowledge of God, you
have taken by lawless hands,
have crucified, and put to

17. Acts 2:23,24
death; whom God raised up,
having loosed the pains of
death, because it was not
possible that He should be held
by it.

18. Psalm 16:10
For You will not leave my
soul in Sheol, nor will You
allow Your Holy One to see
corruption.

19. Acts 2:29
Men and brethren, let me
speak freely to you of the
patriarch David, that he is both
dead and buried, and his tomb
is with us to this day.

20. Is it true that Jesus was
raised from the dead?
• The old testament prophesied it
• Jesus prophesied it
• Peter preached it
• Paul proclaimed it

21. 1Corinthians 15:20
But now Christ is risen from
the dead, and has become the
firstfruits of those who have
fallen asleep.

22. Romans 1:4
…and declared to be the Son of
God with power according to
the Spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead.

23. Romans 6:5
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. Philippians 3:10
…that I may know Him and
the power of His resurrection,
and the fellowship of His
sufferings, being conformed
to His death…

25. Is it true that Jesus was
raised from the dead?
• The old testament prophesied it
• Jesus prophesied it
• Peter preached it
• Paul proclaimed it
• Many people saw Him afterwards

26. 1Corinthians 15:5-8
…and that He was seen by
Cephas, then by the twelve.
After that He was seen by over
five hundred brethren at once,
of whom the greater part remain
to the

27. 1Corinthians 15:5-8
present, but some have fallen
asleep. After that He was seen
by James, then by all the
apostles. Then last of all He was
seen by me also, as by one born
out of due time.

28. Is it true that Jesus was
raised from the dead?
• The old testament prophesied it
• Jesus prophesied it
• Peter preached it
• Paul proclaimed it
• Many people saw Him afterwards

29. What is the significance
of the tomb of Christ?
IT IS EMPTY!!
But what if it wasn’t empty?

30. What if Jesus’ tomb
was not empty?
• Then Christ has not been raised

31. 1Corinthians 15:13
But if there is no
resurrection of the dead,
then Christ is not risen.

32. What if Jesus’ tomb
was not empty?
• Then Christ has not been raised
• Our preaching is in vain

33. 1Corinthians 15:14a
And if Christ is not risen,
then our preaching is
empty…

34. What if Jesus’ tomb
was not empty?
• Then Christ has not been raised
• Our preaching is in vain
• We have lied about God

35. 1Corinthians 15:15
Yes, and we are found false
witnesses of God, because we
have testified of God that He
raised up Christ, whom He did
not raise up—if in fact the dead
do not rise.

36. What if Jesus’ tomb
was not empty?
• Then Christ has not been raised
• Our preaching is in vain
• We have lied about God
• Our faith is futile

37. 1Corinthians 15:16,17a
For if the dead do not rise,
then Christ is not risen. And
if Christ is not risen, your
faith is futile…

38. What if Jesus’ tomb
was not empty?
• Then Christ has not been raised
• Our preaching is in vain
• We have lied about God
• Our faith is futile
• We are still in our sins

39. 1Corinthians 15:16,17
For if the dead do not rise,
then Christ is not risen. And
if Christ is not risen, your
faith is futile; you are still in
your sins!

40. What if Jesus’ tomb
was not empty?
• Then Christ has not been raised
• Our preaching is in vain
• We have lied about God
• Our faith is futile
• We are still in our sins

41. What if Jesus’ tomb
was not empty?
• Then Christ has not been raised
• Our preaching is in vain
• We have lied about God
• Our faith is futile
• We are still in our sins
• Our dead have perished!

42. 1Corinthians 15:18
Then also those who have
fallen asleep in Christ have
perished.

43. What if Jesus’ tomb
was not empty?
• Then Christ has not been raised
• Our preaching is in vain
• We have lied about God
• Our faith is futile
• We are still in our sins
• Our dead have perished!

44. 1Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have
hope in Christ, we are of
all men the most pitiable.