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*1 Corinthians 15:1-2… *Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
*Commentary*
            In chapter 15 Paul addresses the doctrine of the resurrection and the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Calling the Corinthians “brethren” he “makes known” to them the gospel message, but he doesn’t speak of this in the past tense, for the tense of the verb is present.
This is the message that he was preaching to them then, but it’s also the message that they “received” (past tense).
They received the the gospel, and they “stand” in it.
The verb tense for “stand” is perfect tense which has the idea of something that happened in the past but has current and future ramifications.
What they received was the foundation in which they could stand.
The foundation is Jesus Christ, the cornerstone of the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets (Eph.
2:20).
In v. 2 it is the gospel message of Christ crucified “by which also you are saved.”
So Paul makes the gospel known, the Corinthians received it, stand in it, and are saved by it.
It’s about a preacher, a message, an audience, and the gift of salvation that comes out of the whole mix as a miracle of God.
But this salvation only comes to those who “hold fast the word.”
Does this imply a loss of salvation if someone does not hold fast the word preached to them?
Absolutely not.
Paul is actually saying something along the lines of, “… if you cling to the message I preached to you, unless you have somehow practiced an empty and false faith that has no lasting effect.”
The fact that the Corinthians did hold fast to their faith is proof that their faith was in fact real faith.
In spite of their many shortcomings, they had a genuine faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.
They just needed some guidance.
There are many, however, who do not hold fast the word of God because they actually believed in vain.
This doesn’t mean that they were actual Christians and lost their salvation; it means they never actually had it.
Salvation is a gift from God given to those He chooses to give it to.
Those who have that gift are held by God primarily, and this is evidenced by their holding on to Him throughout their lives.
Jesus Christ spoke on many occasions about false “believers” – those who on the outside appeared to be Christians but who on the inside were full of deceit.
Some examples of false believers are seen in Christ’s parables: the sower and the seeds (Matt.
13:1-23); the wheat and the weeds (Matt.
13:24-30; 34-43); the good and bad fish (Matt.
13:47-50); the firm and sand foundations (Matt.
7:24-27); the unfaithful servant vs. the faithful ones (Matt.
25:1-30); and the tree limbs that bear no fruit and are cut off (John 15).
*Food for Thought*
Verses 1-2 present the first of five evidences that Jesus Christ did indeed come out from the grave three days after he was put in that tomb.
That evidence is found in the converted lives of the Corinthians.
They received the gospel message and were miraculously changed as a result.
They were saved from their sins.
Any group as decadent as they were prior to their conversion goes a long way to prove that Christ did in fact come out of that grave.
Praise him for that!
Some pastors believe that they should only present the hard facts of the Bible and leave the application ideas to the hearers who posses the Holy Spirit.
But Paul’s letter to the Corinthians proves otherwise.
They clearly had the Holy Spirit, but they desperately needed someone to direct their paths, to correct their ways, and set them straight again.
It’s not that the Holy Spirit doesn’t work on His own, but he uses pastors, authors, friends, and even children to direct us.
When we fail to listen to others who speak God’s truth oftentimes we tune God out without even knowing it.
When you ask Him to speak to you make sure you open your ears!
*1 Corinthians 15:3-4…* For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
*Commentary*
            The word for “delivered” is “to give.”
Paul didn’t hoard what was given to him; he received the gift of salvation and gave it back to others.
This was his quest until the day he died.
This message of the gospel of Jesus Christ was, in Paul’s mind, “of first importance” – it was the “priority.”
And given the message he preached that Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was subsequently resurrected, this is the first and foremost important message.
The phrase, “according to the Scriptures,” refers to many OT passages (i.e., Gen. 22:8, 14; Deut.
18:15; Ps. 2:7; 16:8-11; 22; 110:1; 118; Isaiah 53:8; Hosea 6:2).
It was in the OT Scriptures that God had provided a spotless lamb to die on behalf of Israel so as to bring them out of Egyptian captivity (the Passover in Exodus).
That event became part of the sacrificial system in Israel where animals actually bore the sins of the people as in the Day of Atonement in Leviticus (so that they themselves would not have to die immediately for their sins).
Isaiah 53 describes the one who was “led as a lamb to slaughter” – who took away the sins of the people.
Jesus himself berated the two men in Luke 24:25 for not knowing that the OT prophets had predicted his death and resurrection.
The gospel message was clearly given long before the actual events of the cross transpired.
Romans 15:4 says that OT scripture was given for instruction and for our hope.
The OT sacrificial system, where animals bore the sins of the people, was inferior to Christ’s perfect sacrifice on the cross – a lamb without spot or blemish.
The old system was useless after Christ’s death.
He died “once for all” (Rom.
6:10; Heb.
7:27; 9:12; 10:10; 1 Pet.
3:18).
This was the reason the Jerusalem temple was destroyed (AD 70) and Judaism with it.
Now after Christ died, v. 4 says he was “buried.”
His burial verifies that he was dead.
Dr. G. Fee says, “…a dead corpse was laid in the grave, so that the resurrection that follows will be recognized as an objective reality, not merely a ‘spiritual’ phenomenon.”
Pontius Pilate, who handed Jesus over to be crucified, actually verified that Jesus was in fact dead (Mark 15:43-45).
But Jesus’ life did not end there.
For on the third day after his death he was raised to life.
He died, was buried, and was raised to life.
His resurrection is signified by the perfect tense in Greek – a tense that implies his past tense resurrection and his ongoing life.
Paul does this to stress the permanence of Christ’s resurrection, for he is still alive today making intercession on behalf of the saints as he sits at the Father’s right hand.
When v. 4 says “according to the scriptures” it points to Jesus’ words about Jonah’s parallel to his life (Matt.
12:38–41), Ps. 2:7; 16:8–11; 22:22ff; and Isa.
53:10–12.
Warren Wiesrbe says, “Paul also compared Christ’s resurrection to the ‘firstfruits,’ and the first-fruits were presented to God on the day following the Sabbath after Passover (Lev.
23:9–14; 1 Cor.
15:23).
Since the Sabbath must always be the seventh day, the day after Sabbath must be the /first/ day of the week, or Sunday, the day of our Lord’s resurrection.
This covers three days on the Jewish calendar.”
Apart from the Feast of First-fruits, there were other prophecies of Messiah’s resurrection in the Old Testament:
 
*Food for Thought*
            The first evidence of Christ’s resurrection from the dead is the conversion of the Corinthians.
The second evidence for Christ’s resurrection, from vv. 3-4, is the Old Testament which attests to Christ’s death and resurrection long before it actually happened.
*1 Corinthians 15:5-6… *And then he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
6 After that he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.
*Commentary*
            Beginning in v. 3 Christ died for sins, was buried, was subsequently resurrected on the third day.
Then in v. 5, he appeared to Cephas – the Aramaic equivalent of the Greek “Petros,” that is “Peter.”
The reason Jesus would appear to Peter first (following his appearance to the women at the tomb) can only be conjectured.
First, just prior to Jesus’ death Peter denied even knowing Christ and had wept bitterly over this event.
Jesus likely wanted to encourage him first and foremost.
Second, Peter was the implied leader of the Twelve, and as the leader, and one of three in Christ’s inner circle (w~/James & John), it makes sense that he would be the first to see the risen Christ so as to go and encourage the other apostles.
Peter became the Lord’s spokesman at Pentecost in Acts 2, and the fact that he had seen the risen Lord not only qualified him as an apostle (Acts 1:22), but he was used greatly of the Lord in the expansion of the early church.
His leadership as a result was undeniable to his own followers.
Jesus also appeared to “the Twelve.”
This term clearly refers to the 12 disciples (even though Judas was already dead) who walked with Christ during his earthly ministry.
Their inclusion in this early creed means that the early church didn’t just have to rely upon the words of Peter whom Christ had first appeared to.
He also appeared to the other disciples which gave Peter’s experience much more clout.
But lest one think for a moment that the testimony of the “Twelve” was biased and~/or counterfeited so as to rebel against what the Jews had done to their Lord, Jesus also, in v. 6, “appeared to more than 500 brethren at one time…” Now whatever event Paul is referring to is not recorded in scripture, but when over 500 people can attest to having seen the resurrected Lord in the flesh then the message gains a great deal of credibility.
Then Paul adds an interesting phrase about the 500+ who saw the risen Lord: “most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.”
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