1 Corinthians 15:3-8

In order for the Holy Spirit to work in us we must believe that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him and the truth of Jesus Christ. We must by faith believe that Jesus came to this world, He died for our sins, and He was lifted up by the power of the Holy Spirit and was seen by many after His resurrection.

Christ is a risen Savior today.

Christ lived and died in accordance with the prophecies about Him in the OT. At the time of Paul’s writing, a person could have verified the truthfulness of the apostle’s statements. The majority of the five hundred people who saw the risen Christ, as well as all the apostles and James (the half brother of Jesus), were still living. 

1 Corinthians 15:3-8

³ For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. ⁶ After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 

⁷ After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 

⁸ Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

⁵ But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 

Isaiah 53:5

¹⁸ But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 

Acts 3:18

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope. ¹⁰ For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. ¹¹ You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. 

Psalm 16:9–11

² After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight. 

Hosea 6:2

³¹ And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 

Mark 8:31

³ to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. 

Acts 1:3

⁵⁰ And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 

Luke 24:50