FUTILE FAITH

(1 Corinthians 15:12-14)

I. THE _____________ ABOUT THE RESURRECTION
A. THE RESURRECTION IS CONSISTENTLY PROCLAIMED IN SCRIPTURE
1. _______________ spoke of his resurrection.

2. The authors of the NT proclaimed the resurrection.

B. THE RESURRECTION IS DISCARDED BY UNBELIEVING PEOPLE
1. Who refuses to believe?

2. Why did the Sadducees refuse to believe?

III. THE ____________________________ OF
REJECTING THE RESURRECTION
If Christ has not been raised:

A. CHRIST HAS ______ RAISED (v. 13).
1. The ________________________ of Jesus evaporates.
2. The trustworthiness of the _____________ evaporates.
3. The trustworthiness of _________________ evaporates.
4. All basis for _____________ is exterminated.
5. All basis for _______________ is extinguished.
6. All basis for __________ is obliterated.
7. All basis for _______________ vanishes.
8. The cosmos _____________________.
9. The trustworthiness of God is ________________.

B. OUR PREACHING IS IN _____________ (v. 14).

C. OUR FAITH IS IN _____________ (v. 14).

D. WE ARE STILL IN OUR ___________ (v. 17).

TRUTH POINT:
If Christ has not been raised from the dead, we have no ___________ and our faith is ___________!