If Christ Has Not Been Raised

Saturday, April 4, 2015
1 Corinthians 15:12-19 KJV

12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What were some saying to those who heard that Christ rose from the dead? (v.12)
2) What seven (7) things did the Apostle Paul conclude if Christ had not been risen from the dead? (v.13-19)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
3) What do you believe about Christ's resurrection from the dead?
4) What does your church teach about Christ's resurrection from the dead?

LIFE LESSONS
5) The hope of every Christian is that Christ has risen from the dead.