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ing the hills of Galilee this repetition
of the Easter story will not be in vain
For the pupils to take notes Of the
points Of the argument and to recite
upon those notes at the end Of the
class hour would greatly help to fl
the facts in their minds. This account
considered today Is perhaps the old
est written record we have of this
great fact, written about 56 A. D.,
hence the significance of verse six.
\ 1. Tho Triumphant Fact Tvs. 1-4). II
miliar with this passage they would
more intelligently understand what
the term Gospel means The fact of
the resurrection doomed larger in
Paul's mind than the virgin birth; the
former was and is the greater miracle.
This, one of the supreme chapters OF
the Bible, tells us what the Gospel is,
and what its results are to be. ~
What 1t is. Not a new cure for tuber-
culosis, nor a new social environment,
but the good news of one who was God
incarnate paul does not use his earth
ly name Jesus), Christ the Amounted
One, who died for our sins just as the
Scriptures had foretold, and was bur-
led. On the third day, according to
the Scriptures" He rose again and is
now and ever shall be alive. Any Cos
pei that ignore the incarnation, pas
sion and resurrection of Jesus is false
to the Scriptures and a lie. (2) The
result Of preaching or testifying to
this great program is twofold: first,
salvation, saved, restored to right
relations with Cod" and second, per-
severance, wherein ye stand" The
"God-story," good news, evangel or
gospel-they are all the same-is "the
power OF God unto salvation" and the
strong doctrine Of the resurrection
will cause men to walk straight, to
stand upright. Christ died for my
sins according to the Scriptures" Qso.
3:5-10).
H. Witnesses to the Fact Tvs. 5-12). |
Paul w. 81 received the resurrection
truth from many witnesses, whom he |
proceeds to enumerate, for it was not
a matter Of his own invention. The in
credulity of the disciples at the first
is frankly recorded duke 24:12). Je-
sus did not appear first to John, Plate
or the Sanhedrin, but to woman, and
the change of the apostles from a
spirit Of despair to that of confident,
joyous certainty was most astonishing.
There are eleven recorded appear
ances of Jesus after his resurrection,
and net one of them was made to his
enemies. Paul does not mention all
of the appearances. He is probably il
only those persons, witnesses
Of his appearances, with whom he had ,
or at least few from each
group. % Peter, referred to Indirect
ly in Luke 24:34; (2) the apostles, to
be exact, the first ten, Judas being !
lead and Thomas absent; 60 the apos- {
Ties with Thomas present; (4) five f
hundred, the only record of this great +
company, though perhaps implied in ,
he brethren of Matt. 28:1O HALF
| thousand witnesses are enough to
establish any CASE OF these the \
greater number were alive twenty-five
years after the event; 60 James, prob
IDLY our Lords brother, the honored
lead Of the Jerusalem church; co :
Then all the apostles" larger cir
lie than the twelve (see Luke 28:48,
Acts 1853 This may have been the :
ppearance in the morn at the Sea of
}alilee; CD me ALSO" N
III. The Fact Applied. Tvs. 1920. -
he Corinthians, to whom Paul was
7riting, did not deny Christ's immor-
atty, but seemed to deny that the "
anne power which had raised him
ould be applied to us who are only E
uman. Paul answers this by present h,
lg four arguments in
Cd The resurrection of Christ ~,
roves the possibility of the resurrec-
on from the dead, If only of Jesus.
he Sadducees taught the contrary. III
he Stoics taught that the dead were
in God. To say Christ is LII
OF risen is to claim death as annihila- X
on, to destroy faith in Jesus ". 14) ia
I'D to impugn the testimony of these
no had seen him ". 15). A dead
hrist means dead Christians ". I'D
i'd our heaviest sorrow will be to face
70 grave ". 18).
(2) The Christian is 'in Christ" and ce
s resurrection carries ours with it. CHI
aul's emphasis upon this term lin fol
1rist' Tvs. IS, 10, %, % and else In,
here) is important to note. 90
90 Christ, the second Adam, brings ~
e: our common human nature dies -
re as the first Adam, but our second
lam rose and Gin him. we live.
(4) If Christ conquered death only
r himself it was no real victory, nor
uld he give back to the Father re-
emed world. the
Death is the last enemy" for until :
i is banished 1t will be present loc
ON. 6:23). sr,