The Resurrection,

Christ Died for Our Sins

According to the Scriptures,

I Corinthians 15:3

 

“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.” I Corinthians 15:3-4

 

1. I. The Urgency of the Message
2. "I delivered to you what I also received"

            -The essential Christian message

1. Matches the language of I Corinthians 11:23
2. Potentially an early church creed
3. "Of first importance" - the primary

           Christian message

 

1. The Content of the Message, Part 1
2. "Christ died for our sins"
3. Matches the theme I Corinthians 11:23
4. In the teaching of Christ throughout His life
5. In the teaching of Christ during His final days
6. In the teaching of Christ after His resurrection
7. In the teaching of the early church after

              His ascension

6. In the teaching of the apostles and the church

              until He returns

1. "According to the Scriptures"
2. The specific passages of fulfillment
3. The major themes of the Old Testament

               theology

3. The patterns found in Old Testament events

 

III. The Content of the Message, Part 2

1. "That He was buried, and that He was raised"
2. "According to the Scriptures"