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Easter Lesson. Cor. xv:12-2S.
Now is Christ risen from the dead,
and become the first fruits of them
that slept. ! Cor. xv:20.
Verses 12-13.-Does the doctrine of
the resurrection of the body rest up
on revelation or upon reason?
Providing the soul is immortal is it,
or not of material Importance
whether the body is raised or not?
If there is no resurrection of the
dead, it follows as Paul here states,
that Christ is not risen; but is the
converse true, that If Christ is risen
then all human beings will necessar-
fly be resurrected?
II seems that some in Corinth de-
MED the resurrection of the dead in
the sense that there is no life after
death, now if that were true, then
how much would there be left in Chris
tianity?
What is the process of reasoning
that demonstrates the fact of immor-
talitv?
What is the scripture proof of life
after death?
Can you mention a single nation or
tribe of the past, or at the present,
which has not believed in Immortality
in some shape?
Verses 14-17-If there is 10 resur-
rection of the dead, how would that
make their preaching vain, make our
faith vain, and make them false wit
lesses?
Verses 1919 How is 1t that all
men instinctively believe in the i'm
mortality of their departed friends, and
expect to meet them again?
1t was doubtless true in Paurs day
that if there was no immortality
Christians were of all men most mis-
erable, because, they were then de-
spised, imprisoned and put to death;
but is the same true today? Is not
Christ's religion now a grand thing for
this world, even if death did end all?
Verse 20-What is the chief evil
dence of the truth of Christianity?
What is the proof that Jesus did
rise from the dead? (See Matt. XVI:
1918; Mark xvi:14; Luke xxiv:36-3S;
John x:4,5,1 ,26;x xxi:4; Acts i:3, 1880,
81; Cor. xv:3-S, ct seq.)
Is the fact Of the resurrection of
Jesus to be proved by evidence, like
any other fact, and is there any other
historic fact better attested?
Why was it, when Jesus was cruci-
fled that His disciples were a dispir-
tied band, having lost heart, and go.
ing back to their former occupation,
and what was it afterwards that put
new life in them; and made them the
most courageous men that ever lived?
(This question must be answered in
writing by members of the cIub.)
What became the prominent theme
of their preaching?
Is it credible that such noble men.
who afterward laid down their lives
for the truth. would testify that they
had seen and talked to Jesus after
his death, if they had not so seen him?
Verse 21-22 - Would there have
been natural death if there had been
no sin?
Would there have been any resurrec-
ton of the dead, If Jesus had not been
resurrected?
Verses 23-2S-Was Christ the first
man to rise from the dead?
When will the general resurrection
| be?
VIII Christ finally abolish death
and destroy sin?
Has God put all the forces of nature
under the control Of Jesus?
Lesson for Sunday, April 1S, 1907
| The Conversion of Saul. Acts TX: 1-30.