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This page is designed for you to apply what you have learned from the Scriptures. Our goal is not just “to know” but to “act upon what we know.” (His Word, Our Walk!) We encourage you to discuss the following questions with family, friends and your LIFEgroup. Although you can review it on your own, it will be most useful to you when processed with others!
1 CORINTHIANS 15
1. After doing a quick overview of 1 Corinthians 15, what stands out to you the most? Why? 2. What did you learn about the “Beholders?” How does it help?
1 Corinthians 15 | Dennis Miller, Lead Pastor | March 1 & 2, 2014 LIFE AFTER DEATH Job 14:14 If a man dies, will he live again? . . .
3. What are the key aspects of the “Essentialness” of the resurrection? 4. The word “firstfruits” is important to the Jews. Why should it be important to us? 5. What did you learn about your new body? 6. How does the “Victory” of the resurrection assure you? Is it helpful? 7. What was your best thought from this study?
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Eccl. 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Dan. 12:13 “As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance. ” Matt. 22:23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. John 11:24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 1Cor. 15:12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? Phil. 3:10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings,
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RESURRECTION CHAPTER 1. ________________ of the Resurrection (1-11) 1Cor. 15:3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: 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 Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers 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.
a. Eyewitnesses who ________________ to see Him.
5. ________________ of the Resurrection (35–49)
b. Eyewitnesses in a ________________.
1Cor. 15:35 But someone may ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” 36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
c. Eyewitnesses who _________ ________ to see Him. 2. ___________________ of the Resurrection (12-19) 1Cor. 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
a. The resurrection is what makes Christianity ___________. b. If it didn’t happen, we are ___________ our __________. 3. ________________ of the Resurrection (20–28) 1Cor. 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1Cor. 15:23 But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
a. ________________ is one of God’s ________________, and was the day that Jesus ___________ from the dead. b. Firstfruits is also a ____________, as Jesus is like the first fruit of the ________________. 4. ________________ about the Resurrection (29–34) 1Cor. 15:29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 1Cor. 15:32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
There are some _________ ways at looking at the resurrection of Jesus. How do you __________ them?
1Cor. 15:39 All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. ...
a. Everything must _______ to produce __________. b. Life reproduces after its _________ ___________. c. Our new bodies are of a ________ _________, and yet there are similarities to the __________ body. 6. ________________ of the Resurrection (50–57) 1Cor. 15:54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” . . . 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus _________ the victory, and you get the __________! 7. ________________ of the Resurrection (58) 1Cor. 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Know that what you’re __________ for Christ will have ______________ value!
WALK TALK / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / !
!
This page is designed for you to apply what you have learned from the Scriptures. Our goal is not just “to know” but to “act upon what we know.” (His Word, Our Walk!) We encourage you to discuss the following questions with family, friends and your LIFEgroup. Although you can review it on your own, it will be most useful to you when processed with others!
1 CORINTHIANS 15
1. After doing a quick overview of 1 Corinthians 15, what stands out to you the most? Why? 2. What did you learn about the “Beholders?” How does it help?
1 Corinthians 15 | Dennis Miller, Lead Pastor | March 1 & 2, 2014 LIFE AFTER DEATH Job 14:14 If a man dies, will he live again? . . .
3. What are the key aspects of the “Essentialness” of the resurrection? 4. The word “firstfruits” is important to the Jews. Why should it be important to us? 5. What did you learn about your new body? 6. How does the “Victory” of the resurrection assure you? Is it helpful? 7. What was your best thought from this study?
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Eccl. 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Dan. 12:13 “As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance. ” Matt. 22:23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. John 11:24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 1Cor. 15:12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? Phil. 3:10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings,
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RESURRECTION CHAPTER 1. ________________ of the Resurrection (1-11) 1Cor. 15:3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: 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 Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers 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.
a. Eyewitnesses who ________________ to see Him.
5. ________________ of the Resurrection (35–49)
b. Eyewitnesses in a ________________.
1Cor. 15:35 But someone may ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” 36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
c. Eyewitnesses who _________ ________ to see Him. 2. ___________________ of the Resurrection (12-19) 1Cor. 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
a. The resurrection is what makes Christianity ___________. b. If it didn’t happen, we are ___________ our __________. 3. ________________ of the Resurrection (20–28) 1Cor. 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1Cor. 15:23 But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
a. ________________ is one of God’s ________________, and was the day that Jesus ___________ from the dead. b. Firstfruits is also a ____________, as Jesus is like the first fruit of the ________________. 4. ________________ about the Resurrection (29–34) 1Cor. 15:29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 1Cor. 15:32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
There are some _________ ways at looking at the resurrection of Jesus. How do you __________ them?
1Cor. 15:39 All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. ...
a. Everything must _______ to produce __________. b. Life reproduces after its _________ ___________. c. Our new bodies are of a ________ _________, and yet there are similarities to the __________ body. 6. ________________ of the Resurrection (50–57) 1Cor. 15:54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” . . . 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus _________ the victory, and you get the __________! 7. ________________ of the Resurrection (58) 1Cor. 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Know that what you’re __________ for Christ will have ______________ value!
