20/08/2026
𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟖: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭: “𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦. . . . 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑛, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒; 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠!” (𝟭 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭𝟱:𝟭𝟰–𝟭𝟳, 𝗡𝗞𝗝𝗩).
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: The church in Corinth was influenced by a worldview that questioned or denied the resurrection of the dead. Paul responds by making the resurrection of Christ the foundation of the gospel and the Christian hope. He reminds them that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised according to the Scriptures. He also points to numerous eyewitnesses who saw the risen Christ.
Paul then shows the seriousness of denying the resurrection. 𝑰𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒚, 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆. But Paul triumphantly declares: "But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead."
The resurrection therefore is not a minor doctrine. It is the foundation of our salvation, our hope, our future resurrection, and our victory over death.
𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟖 - 𝟑 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬: (𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠)
𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 (𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦)
— Paul begins by reminding the Corinthians of the gospel he preached: Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised according to the Scriptures. This gospel was received, believed, and became the foundation upon which they stood.
— “[Christ’s] resurrection is such a vital part of the gospel message that denying it contradicts one’s faith in Christ.” The first 11 verses can be summarized as “𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑.” Yet there are apparently in his audience those who profess to believe in Christ, and yet deny the resurrection (1 Cor. 15:12).
— Paul then outlines how a denial of Christ’s resurrection completely dismantles the Christian faith – “If there is no resurrection,… (1 Cor. 15:13-18).
• 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑
• 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦 (ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤, 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒)
• 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦
• 𝑊𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠
• 𝑌𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠
• 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡
• 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒
— We must keep the resurrection at the center of our preaching, teaching, witnessing, and personal testimony. A dead Savior cannot save, but a risen Savior can.
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑖𝑚. 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 "𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑." 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠: "𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑, 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒, 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛!"
𝟐. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 (𝑇𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦)
— While there is overwhelming evidence that Jesus of Nazareth existed and was crucified by the Romans, many fail to realize the “infallible proofs” (Ac. 1:3) of the of the resurrection.
• 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦
• 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 500 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 (𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛)
• 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑏 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦
• 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 “𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒”
• 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛
— Paul goes on to explain that the resurrection is a bodily one (1 Cor. 15:35-38, 49; Phil. 3:20, 21). This is a perplexity to many Christians who are taught that we all become formless spirits in the afterlife. The erroneous teaching of the immortality of the soul destroys the Biblical teaching of the resurrection of the saints.
— “Paul does not relate the term ‘spiritual’ to an immaterial existence…. We will have real bodies, but they will not wear down or decay…. [T]hat is what we are promised in Jesus.” The resurrection of Jesus is that those of us who have accepted
the plan of salvation – from Adam to the end of the world – if we die, we will live again. (1 Cor. 15:20-23).
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤, 𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
𝟑. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 (𝑊𝑒𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦)
— Paul declares that Christ is the "first fruits" of those who have fallen asleep. Because Christ has been raised, those who have died in Christ will also be raised at His coming. The resurrection of Jesus is therefore God's promise concerning our future.
— Death may separate families temporarily, but it does not have the final word. The grave may receive our loved ones, but the grave cannot keep those who belong to Christ forever.
— Paul reaches the climax of his teaching with the glorious promise that at Christ's return, "the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." Death appears powerful now, but it is only temporary. At the Second Coming, the dead
in Christ will be raised and the living transformed.
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑛.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧:
How many echo Mary's despairing cry, “They have taken away the Lord, ... and we know not where they have laid Him”!... “Go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen.” Bid them look not to Joseph's new tomb, that was closed with a great stone, and sealed with the Roman seal. Christ is not there…. Jesus lives, and because He lives, we shall live also…. Grasp this hope, and it will hold the soul like a sure, tried anchor. Believe, and thou shalt see the glory of God.
— 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐆. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑔𝑒𝑠 , p. 794.6
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