If Christ is not risen

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

I. If Christ if not risen, then PREACHING IS POINTLESS

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
- 1 Corinthians 15:14 -

II. If Christ is not risen, then FAITH IS FOOLISH

If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Romans 10:9 -

and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 1:4 -

More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.
- 1 Corinthians 15:14 -

III. If Christ is not risen, then our believe is fruitless, we live in fear

IV. If Christ is not risen, then SIN IS SUPREME

He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
- Romans 4:25 -

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
- 1 Corinthians 15:17 -

V. If Christ is not risen, then DEATH IS DOMINANT

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
- 1 Corinthians 15:18 -

If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people must to be pitied.
- 1 Corinthians 15:19 -

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20 -