Overlooked Truths About His Resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:16-19

Overlooked Truths AboutHis Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15:16-19

16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen.

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.

19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

Overlook Truths About “Easter” • History of celebration of Easter

• Prepositions used with the stone

• Importance of the resurrection

• His resurrection is unique

• Associated with salvation/baptism


Overlook Truths About “Easter” • History of celebration of Easter• No celebration in first century


• Lent; Lazarus Saturday; Palm Sunday; Holy Monday; Holy Tuesday; Holy Wednesday; Maundy Thursday; Good Friday; Holy Saturday; Easter Sunday; Easter Monday


• Lent; Lazarus Saturday; Palm Sunday; Holy Monday; Holy Tuesday; Holy Wednesday; Maundy Thursday; Good Friday; Holy Saturday; Easter Sunday; Easter Monday

• Where do you stop?




• Prepositions used with the stone• “And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door . . . and sat upon it.”

Matt. 28:2


• Prepositions used with the stone• “And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door . . . and sat upon it.”

Matt. 28:2

• 3 “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"

4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away—for it was very large.

Mark 16:3-4


• Prepositions used with the stone• “But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.”

Luke 24:2


• Prepositions used with the stone• “But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.”

Luke 24:2

• “Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.”

John 20:1






• Importance of the resurrection• Suppose there were no resurrection




• Empty preaching

13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.

1 Cor. 15:13-15




• Empty preaching

• Empty faith

13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

1 Cor. 15:13-17




• Empty preaching

• Empty faith

• Empty life

17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. . . . 30 Why are we in danger every hour?

1 Cor. 15:17-19, 30




• Empty preaching

• Empty faith

• Empty life

• The dead will never be seen again

16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep…. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

1 Cor. 15:16-20, 23









• Associated with salvation/baptism





• Associated with salvation/baptism• Crucified/buried/raised with Him

3 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. 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, 6 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.

Rom. 6:3-6





• Associated with salvation/baptism• Crucified/buried/raised with Him

• Baptism saves by the resurrection

21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. 1 Peter 3:21-22

Salvation by His Resurrection


• Believe in Him John 3:16



• Repent—decide to obey Acts 17:30




• Confess Christ Rom. 10:9





• Baptized to be saved Acts 22:160






Added to His kingdom, His church






Added to His kingdom, His church

• Be faithful until death Rev. 2:10

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Overlooked Truths About His Resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:16-19