The Essential Resurrection.

INTRODUCTION

1. Our concept of “essential” is very weak.
2. I have not received most of the things I thought I had to have and still survived.
3. Essentials are the parts you cannot do without if you are to understand the whole.
   1. TEXT: 1 Corinthians 15:12-19.
4. If you bury a lie, it will rot. If you bury the truth is will rise.
5. They buried us but didn’t realize we were seeds.
6. Why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ important to me?

OUTLINE

1. The resurrection fulfills our desire for immortality.
   1. We need to know that good endures.
   2. The resurrection of Jesus proves there is more to come.
   3. Keep your fork.
   4. Futility is an early grave.
2. The resurrection fulfills our desire for justice.
   1. The resurrection tells us that sowing and reaping are not completed in this life.
   2. Life is not the full cycle.
   3. Wickedness does not go unpunished.
   4. Righteous does not get overlooked.
3. The resurrection fulfills our desire for victory.
   1. The resurrection proves we can get back up again.
   2. Failure is not final.
   3. Every saint has a past.
   4. Every sinner has a future.

CONCLUSION

1. PRAYER.