Sermons on 1 Corinthians 15:9

… alive, though some have fallen asleep, some have died. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, then last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared to me. See, I am the least of all the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And God's grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them. Though not I, but God's grace with me. So whether it was I or they, so we preached and so you believed. Now if Christ is proclaimed, as raised from the dead, how is it that some of you are saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? Now if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is empty and your faith is empty. and we are found to be misrepresenting God about whom we testified that he raised Christ from the dead whom he did not raise from the dead if it is true that the dead are not raised because if the dead are not raised then not even Christ has been raised and if Christ is not raised then your faith is useless and you are still in your sins and what is more those who have died in Christ have perished if we have hoped in Christ for this life only …

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… and then to all the apostles, last of all, to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is in me. whether then it was I or they so we preach and so you believed now if Christ is proclaimed as 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 …

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… are ye now made perfect in the flesh? And then 1 Corinthians 15, verses 9 and 10. Here's the apostle Paul. For I am the least of the apostles that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am. And his grace, which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain. But I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God, which was within me, or which was with me.'" Now, perfect is a beautiful word, but perfectionism is an ugly word. What is perfectionism? Well, perfectionism is that disease of judging yourself by your achievements. Now, we're not here to teach psychology, certainly not humanistic psychology, but I want you to listen to how a psychologist described perfectionism. And a perfectionist are those whose standards are high beyond reach or reason. PEOPLE WHO STRAIN COMPULSIVELY AND UNREMITTEDLY TOWARD IMPOSSIBLE GOALS, AND WHO MEASURE THEIR OWN SELF WORTH ENTIRELY IN TERMS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT. …

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