Job said if a man dies shall he live again.
 
Job 14:14-14 (KJV) If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
 
We are horrified by death.
 
Paul said to be absent from the body is to be present with the lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8-8 (KJV) We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
 
And that he wanted to go and be with Christ

Philippians 1:23-23 (KJV) For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
 
When you die, you will immediately go into God’s presence or out of God’s presence.
 
Resurrection is the meeting of the soul with a body that God raise’s from the dead.
 
Salvation is predicated on the Resurrection.
 
Romans 10:9-10 (KJV) 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
 
Resurrection
 
Psalms 16:10-11 (KJV) 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
 
It’s all over the old testament the Messiah must die and have any eternal kingdom so there must be a resurrection.

Psalms 17:15-15 (NKJV) As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness .

DEATH DESTROYED
 
 1. Christ’s Victory Over Death (1 Corinthians 15:20-26)
 
2. Sharing in Christ’s Victory (1 Corinthians 15:35-49)
 
 3. Triumphant Through Christ’s Victory (1 Corinthians 15:50-57)
 
Central Truth: Christ’s resurrection guarantees victory over death for believers.
 
Focus:
 Affirm that Christ has conquered death and celebrate our hope of eternal life.
 
 Evangelism Emphasis:
 The message that death is defeated motivates Christians to declare the good news to the lost.

Golden Text:
 “Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20).
 
1 Christ Victory Over Death
1Cor. 15:20- 28
 
Romans 5:12-12 (KJV) Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
 
Romans 5:19-19 (KJV) For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Romans 5:19-19 (KJV) For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
 
John 8:38 (KJV)
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

Matthew 27:42-42 (KJV) He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

1 Corinthians 15:35-38 (NKJV) 35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” 36 Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain–perhaps wheat or some other [grain.] 38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.

1 Corinthians 15:33-34 (NKJV) 33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” 34 Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak [this] to your shame.
 
Mark 10:37-38 (KJV) 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
 
2 Corinthians 4:17-17 (NKJV) For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory,

Isaiah 25:8-8 (KJV) He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].