Transcript Theme: “Showing Mercy” - The Church On The Rock

Notices
1. YWAM (“Youth with A Mission”) visit on Sunday
April 6.
2. Easter Sunday 20 April – Guest Easterfest Artists –
‘Corinthia’ (Naomi & Noralyn Jowett)
3. Prayer for Kids Club leaders (Primary School age) for
Friday afternoons at Harlaxton Neighbourhood Centre
in Term 2
4. Pray for Youth Group leaders (High School age) for
Saturday nights at Rockville SS in Term 2
Theme: “Christ’s Bodily
Resurrection – The Heart of the
Gospel”
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (NIV)
Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I
preached to you, which you received and on which you
have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if
you hold firmly to the word I preached to you.
Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 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, and that he appeared to
Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared
to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same
time, most of whom are still living, though some have
fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (NIV)
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one
abnormally born. For I am the least of the apostles and
do not even deserve 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 to me was not without
effect. No, I worked harder than all of them yet not I,
but the grace of God that was with me. Whether, then,
it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what
you believed.
1. “according to the Scriptures”
(vv. 3-4)
- “as of first importance”
Matthew 13:55-56 (NIV)
“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s
name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James,
Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters
with us? Where then did this man get all these
things?”
John 7:5 (NIV)
For even his own brothers did not believe in
him.
John 20:26-28 (NIV)
A week later his disciples were in the house
again, and Thomas was with them. Though the
doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among
them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he
said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my
hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my
side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said to
him, “My Lord and my God!
2. “By this gospel you are saved”
(v. 2)
Not “a good man”
1 Corinthians 15:19-20 (NIV)
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we
are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ
has indeed been raised from the dead, the
firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
3. “you have taken your stand”
(v. 1)
1 Corinthians 15:39 (NIV)
All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of
flesh, animals have another, birds another and
fish another.
Acts 1:1-3,9-11 (NIV)
In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about
all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the
day he was taken up to heaven, after giving
instructions through the Holy Spirit to the
apostles he had chosen. After his suffering, he
showed himself to these men and gave many
convincing proofs that he was alive. He
appeared to them over a period of forty days
and spoke about the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:1-3,9-11 (NIV)
After he said this, he was taken up before their
very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
They were looking intently up into the sky as he
was going, when suddenly two men dressed in
white stood beside them.
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand
here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who
has been taken from you into heaven, will come
back in the same way you have seen him go into
heaven.”
Response (John 11:25-26)
Jesus said to her, “I am the
resurrection and the life. He who
believes in me will live, even though
he dies; and whoever lives and
believes in me will never die. Do you
believe this?”