The resurrection is the nuts and bolts of our faith holding everything together.

1. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2
Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the
gospel I preached to you, which you received
and on which you have taken your stand. By this
gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the
word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have
believed in vain.
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2. 1 Corinthians 15:3-5
For what I received I passed on to you as of first
importance: that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures, that He was buried,
that He was raised on the third day according to
the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Peter,
and then to the Twelve.
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3. 1 Corinthians 15:6-8
After that, He appeared to more than five
hundred of the brothers at the same time, most
of whom are still living, though some have fallen
asleep. Then He appeared to James, then to all
the apostles, and last of all He appeared to me
also, as to one abnormally born.
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4. 1 Corinthians 15:9-11
For I am the least of the apostles and do not
even deserve to be called an apostle, because I
persecuted the church of God. But by the grace
of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was
not without effect. No, I worked harder than all
of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that
was with me. Whether, then, it was I or they,
this is what we preach, and this is what you
believed.
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5. Network Core Values
(#4-6 in coming weeks)
1) The Bible is True and Relevant
2) Each Person is Uniquely Created, Valued, and
Loved By God
3) Jesus is the Son of God Who Died and Rose
Again.

6. You cannot maintain a
position of FAITH in the gospel
and at the same time deny the
RESURRECTION of the dead.
The resurrection is the NUTS and BOLTS of our
faith, holding everything together.
“Just the facts, Dan”

7. Jesus EXISTED
The world isn’t really DIVIDED on whether
Jesus existed, but if He is the Son of God.
The resurrection is the VERIFICATION for His
claim.
Jesus DIED and was BURIED.
It would have been easy to disprove the
resurrection by PRODUCING a body.

8. Jesus was RAISED on the
third day.
Somebody TOOK the body
Or He WALKED out on His own.

9. We have the testimony of SCRIPTURE
And the testimony of EYEWITNESSES.
Only the resurrection explains the SHIFT that took
place from disbelief to belief…

10. Only when we have found something worth
DYING for have you truly found something worth
LIVING for.
Just the facts, Dan
Christ died for our sins
He was buried
He was raised on the third day, according to the
Scriptures, appearing…

11. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Reflect on the implications of what I say I
believe
( ) Read the gospel of John making note of the
claims Jesus made
( ) Examine my response to God’s grace
( ) Read The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
( ) Other________________________