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Dr. Dave Burggraff <strong>Easter</strong> Sunday evening, April 8, 2012<br />

Introduction:<br />

Triumphant!<br />

(I Cor. 15:58)<br />

1. Do you ever wonder, “Is it real?” The apostle Paul responds to that question with a<br />

resounding “Yes!”<br />

2. But skeptics say, . . .<br />

A.<br />

B.<br />

C.<br />

D.<br />

3. Occasionally someone even quips, “Does it really matter if Jesus lives? My faith would<br />

be the same either way.” Paul would argue against such thinking (see I Cor. 15:14-17).<br />

4.<br />

Lesson: The resurrection of Jesus Christ makes all the difference in the world . . . it your<br />

present relationship to God . . . in your daily life. How so? According to I Cor. 15:58, . . .<br />

I. You will be settled in your beliefs (faith). (15:58a) “Therefore, be ye . . . steadfast,<br />

unmovable . . .”<br />

A. “Steadfast” = “fixed in purpose, firm, solid”<br />

1.<br />

2.<br />

B. Unmovable” = “persistent, not capable of being moved out of its place”<br />

1.<br />

2.<br />

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