1 Corinthians 15:1-8

The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality

15 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 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.

Context

• What gospel had Paul preached to them… and when? (Acts 18:1-11, Romans 1:16, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9)

Reflection

1. Why must we ‘hear’, ‘receive’, and ‘stand’ in the Gospel? (1 Corinthians 14:24, 24, 15:2, 2 Corinthians 4:2, 3, 5:17)
2. Why did Jesus die? (Isaiah 53:4-6, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:23-25)
3. Why is His burial part of the Gospel?
   (Isaiah 53:9, Luke 23:50-56, Matthew 27:57-60, Mark 15:42-46, John 19:38-42, Romans 6:4)
4. How is ‘according to the scriptures’ so critical to the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus? (Psalm 16:10-12, 73:24, Matthew 5:17, 18)
5. What’s so important about all the eyewitnesses? (Matthew 28:16, 17, Luke 24:34, Acts 1:9, 22, 2:32, 3:15, 5:32)

Testimony Time

1. How ‘Paramount’ is the gospel to my daily life?
2. How am I sharing it? (Luke 5:10, John 20:21, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20)