But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?’ (1 Corinthians 15:35)
What will the resurrection look like? What will we look like? How will it happen? Jesus is risen, and so will his people be, but what will it be like? I hope you can join us this Sunday as we look at some of what the resurrection from the dead will look like for us.
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (1 Corinthians 15:20)
Christ has indeed been raised from the dead! He is the first of those who are raised from the dead. The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead tells us that our resurrection is possible as well. If we will be raised from the dead, then it should affect how we live each day.
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? (1 Corinthians 15:12)
If the resurrection isn’t true, what difference would it make? If Christ hasn’t been raised from the dead, why do say that he did? If we don’t believe in the resurrection, does it really matter?
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
We’re spending a few weeks in Easter looking at the resurrection of Jesus. Is it true? Why does it matter? What does it mean for us today?
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. … Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni!’ (which means ‘Teacher’). (John 20:1, 16)
Mary Magdalene is the first person John records as having seen the empty tomb, and the first to see the risen Jesus. She is invited to believe that Jesus is alive, and invited to tell Jesus' other disciples.