Sermon Tone Analysis

1 Cor 15:

INTRODUCTION:

Spurgeon said, “Whatever Christ did, if you belong to those who are in Him, He did for you.

So that Christ circumcised or Christ crucified, Christ dead or Christ living, Christ buried or Christ risen, you are a partaker of all that He did and all that He is, for you are reckoned as one with Him.

See then, the joy and comfort of the incarnation of Christ.

Does Jesus, as man, take manhood up to heaven?

He has taken me up there.

Father Adam fell, and I fell for I was in him.

The Lord Jesus Christ rises, and I rise if I am in Him.

Whatever Christ did, if you belong to those who are in Him, He did for you.

So that Christ circumcised or Christ crucified, Christ dead or Christ living, Christ buried or Christ risen, you are a partaker of all that He did and all that He is, for you are reckoned as one with Him.

See then, the joy and comfort of the incarnation of Christ.

Does Jesus, as man, take manhood up to heaven?

He has taken me up there.

Father Adam fell, and I fell for I was in him.

The Lord Jesus Christ rises, and I rise if I am in Him.

FOCUS: The glory of the resurrection of Christ is seen in both its characteristics and its results.

Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892)

Elliot Ritzema, ed., 300 Quotations and Prayers for Christmas, Pastorum (Lexham Press, 2013).

1) THE RESURRECTION IS A DEMONSTRATION OF GOD’S POWER

A. The power of God the Father

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B. The power of the Holy Spirit

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2) THE RESURRECTION CONFIRMED JESUS AS THE SON OF GOD

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John calls Jesus Christ’s miracles “signs” and his resurrection is the climax, confirming his identity beyond all doubt

HERE, John calls Jesus Christ’s miracles “signs” (see also ; ) and his resurrection is the climax, confirming his identity beyond all doubt

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3) THE RESURRECTION IS CENTRAL TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

A. It is the basis of our faith

B. It is the basis of believers’ justification

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C. It is the basis of Christian hope

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D. It is the basis of the believers’ resurrection

The Law of Moses provided for an offering of the firstfruits of crops to God.

The firstfruits were the guarantee of the full harvest to come.

The NT sees the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the firstfruits of the full ingathering of all God’s people when Jesus Christ comes again.

The Law of Moses (Ex 23:16) provided for an offering of the firstfruits of crops to God.

The firstfruits were the guarantee of the full harvest to come.

The NT sees the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the firstfruits of the full ingathering of all God’s people when Jesus Christ comes again.

The Law of Moses provided for an offering of the firstfruits of crops to God.

The firstfruits were the guarantee of the full harvest to come.

The NT sees the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the firstfruits of the full ingathering of all God’s people when Jesus Christ comes again.

CONCLUSION:

A few final thoughts as to the results of the resurrection:

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The Glory of the Resurrection is found in the victory that it provides to us as believers

It is certain that Christ fought and overcame all his enemies: he gave them the last blow upon the cross, he seized on the spoil at his resurrection, and led them in triumph at his ascension into heaven, and by his peaceable possession of his throne his subjects enjoy the benefit of all.

Thomas Boston once wrote, “It is certain that Christ fought and overcame all his enemies: he gave them the last blow upon the cross, he seized on the spoil at his resurrection, and led them in triumph at his ascension into heaven, and by his peaceable possession of his throne his subjects enjoy the benefit of all.”

2. The Glory of the Resurrection changes how we view sin

The Glory of the Resurrection changes how we view sin

Thomas Manton once said, “When we look upon sin through Satan’s spectacles, and the cloud of our own passions and carnal affections, we make nothing of it; but in the agonies of Christ, and the sorrows and sufferings of his cross, we see the odiousness of it, that it may become more hateful to us.

No less remedy would serve the turn than the agonies, bloodshed, and accursed death of the Son of God, to procure the pardon and destruction of sin.

By this sin-offering and ransom for souls we may see what sin is.…

We make light of sin, but Christ found it not so light a matter to expiate it.”

When we look upon sin through Satan’s spectacles, and the cloud of our own passions and carnal affections, we make nothing of it; but in the agonies of Christ, and the sorrows and sufferings of his cross, we see the odiousness of it, that it may become more hateful to us.

No less remedy would serve the turn than the agonies, bloodshed, and accursed death of the Son of God, to procure the pardon and destruction of sin.

By this sin-offering and ransom for souls we may see what sin is.…

We make light of sin, but Christ found it not so light a matter to expiate it.

3. The Glory of the Resurrection is that Christ is ALIVE, REIGNING IN HEAVEN, AND FULLY IN CHARGE

Rev

Thomas Manton

Elliot Ritzema and Elizabeth Vince, eds., 300 Quotations for Preachers from the Puritans, Pastorum Series (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2013).