Introduction – A pitfall of expository preaching and the fragile pride of preachers.
I. Why Consider a Passage as Obscure as This One?
A. Because it is the very Word of God.
B. Because it is profitable to make us complete.
II. Taking Inventory of 1 Corinthians 15
A. Some in the church were teaching that there was no future resurrection of those who died in Christ, 12.
B. In order to point out the importance of the resurrection and the gravity of teaching otherwise, Paul ties it to the Gospel itself, 1-11, 13-19.
C. Paul describes all of history as a movement toward the resurrection, 20-28.
D. The resurrection is a physical reality, so Paul describes the reality of the resurrected body, 35-57.
III. The Baptism of the Dead as Evidence of the Resurrection, 29-32.
A. The apostle is pointing out how inconsistent the Corinthians who were being swayed by the false teachers were in their practice.
B. It is important to notice that Paul is not condoning the practice of baptizing believers on behalf of dead people.
C. What exactly were they doing when they baptized the living on behalf of the dead?
D. Paul continues to show how their argument holds no water.
E. Denying the resurrection is to deny the faith altogether, 32.
IV. The Danger of Allowing False Teaching about the Resurrection to Go On, 33-34.
A. This the second time Paul exhorts the Corinthians not to be deceived and both times the exhortation has to do with issues of morality.
B. They were being deceived by something that anyone with common sense would know was deceitful.
C. To these excuses Paul says, "WAKE UP," 34a.
D. Those in Corinth, and those among us, who are being deceived by these false teachers don't know God, which is a shame, 34b.
E. Paul says that that is a shameful condition.
Application & Conclusion - REPENTANCE
http://ift.tt/1nWNMXG
Put the internet to work for you.
| |
| Recommended for you |
