THE GOSPEL OF THE RESURRECTION (1)

1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Key Verses: 15:3,4

“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...”

1. Of what does Paul remind the Corinthian Christians? Look up the following references to find out about Corinth and the problems among Christians there: 1Co 1:22,26,28; 1:12; 11:18; 5:1; 8:1; 11:21)

2. According to verses 3-4, what is the gospel? (Lk 2:10b) Why is it such good news that Christ died for our sins? What is sin? How extensive is sin? What does it do to mankind? (Ro 3:23; Ro 3:12;5:12,19; Ja 1:15; Isa 59:2)

3. What is the payment sin demands? (Ro 6:23a) What comes after death? (Heb 9:27; 2Co 5:10) What is God’s standard of judgment? (Ro 2:6-9) What comes next? (Rev 21:8)

4. What did God do for perishing people? (Ro 6:23b;Jn 3:16; Jn 1:29) How can we be saved from our sins? (Jn 1:12; Jn 5:24) Why can only Jesus save us? (1Ti 2:5; Acts 4:12; Jn 14:6)

5. How did God reveal his almighty power? (Ge 1:1) How does this guarantee the final victory? (Acts 2:23,24) What is the living hope which the resurrection gives us? (1Pe 1:3,4) What was David’s fear? His hope? (Ac 2:25-28)

6. What attests to the truth of the gospel, and how does the gospel prove the historicity and authenticity of the scriptures? (1Co 15:3,4)

7. Who were the witnesses of the resurrection? (1Co 15:5-12;Acts 10:40,42) Think about how each of these men were changed by the power of the resurrection.