And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
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… Harry just read it. You can flip back in your bulletin. 1 Corinthians chapter 15, verses 12 through 23. I won't read the whole passage, but just highlight a few things. Here's what Paul says about the resurrection and our salvation. Just highlight verse 14. He says, if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. Verse 17, if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. verse 18 those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished and finally verse 19 if in Christ we have hope in this life only we are of all people most to be pitied so friends we see in this text that the resurrection is an essential part of our salvation. In fact, Paul's logic is that if the resurrection is not true, then everything else unravels. He says we would be found to be liars about God. He says your faith would be in vain. He says you would still be in your sins. …
… then not even Christ has been raised. And in verse 14, and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is useless and so is your faith. Then dropping down to verse 16, he says, doubling back again, for if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, Your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. If only for this life, Paul says in verse 19, if only for this life we have hope in Christ. We, the people of God, are of all people most to be pitied. But in verse 20, this is our anthem. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all died, so in Christ all will be made alive. Amen. Amen? This is our story. So today we're going to work our way through just over 50 verses from John chapter 11. …
… This is big. He said, and if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless. And so is your faith and your faith and your faith and your faith and your faith and your faith and your faith and your faith. So wait, wait, wait, wait, Paul, that's kind of risky. I mean, you're saying the whole thing teeters on a single event, Paul would say, yes, do not be mistaken. This is not the it is written religion. This is the something happened religion. And if this happened, game on. God has done something in the world for the world. And if this did not happen, ignore my preaching and ignore your fairytale faith and go back to the temple or go back to your polytheism or your paganism because Christianity is not true. Christianity rests on a single event. And the apostle Paul did not say this about anything else. The Bible did not create Christianity. I want the next generation to know that. I want them to know if they decide to walk away from the Christian faith, they're not walking away from a book. …
… raised from the dead how can some of you say that there's no resurrection of the dead if there's no resurrection of the dead then not even Christ has been raised and if Christ has not been raised then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain we are even found to be misrepresenting God because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only? We are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, for by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive, but each in his own order. Christ, the firstfruits, then at his coming, those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father, after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For God has put all things in subjection under his …