Many in the world today don't believe in Jesus. They don't believe he died, was buried, and rose on the 3rd day. Many Liberal ministers preach from their lecterns that the stories of the bible are just that - - -stories. The flood? Was a man really swallowed by a whale? The Red Sea really open? Did Jesus really die, was buried, and rose? Are all these scriptures just words? Was there a resurrection? The Apostle Paul said something about the resurrection of Jesus. In 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11 didn't Paul believe that the bodily resurrection of Jesus was real? What about us as Christians today? Do we believe that Jesus did die, was buried, and was resurrected on the 3rd day? Do we believe that the Holy Bible is holy? Are the scriptures divinely inspired? We're going to examine 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11 today and answer these questions.
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 NIV
The Resurrection of Christ
15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9 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. 10 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. 11 Whether then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
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