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So, today we're going to explore the cornerstone of the Christian faith.

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The Apostle Paul wrote this epistle of 1 Corinthians around AD 55.

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So this is approximately 25 years after the ascension of Jesus Christ, when Jesus Christ

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went to heaven.

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About 25 years later, you have a group in Corinth that have become Christians, and they've

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not forgotten what they've done.

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And Corinth was a significant city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth, its cultural

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diversity, the moral decadency of the city.

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And this young Christian community was facing various issues.

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And some of the issues that they were dealing with was division, moral lapses, theological

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confusion, and they were just needing some help.

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So we see in the letter here written to address these issues and provide doctrinal instruction

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and practical guidance.

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So Paul provides us the answer to some of these issues, some of the core issues that

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you might have in your own life as you're going through.

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So encapsulated in Apostles, the words, we'll read them together, and we're going to start

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with Corinthians 15.1.

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And it says, My brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preach to you,

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which you received and on which you have taken your stand.

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By this gospel you are saved if you have hold firmly to the word I preach to you.

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Otherwise you have believed in vain.

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For I believed and I delivered to you first all that which is also received.

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That what?

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Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried and He

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rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, that He was seen by Caiaphas,

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then by the Twelve.

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So brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel.

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I want to remind you of the foundation of our faith.

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We get so many different things.

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Like some people will say, but the interpretation of Daniel in Revelation is the gospel.

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No, it's good news, and it tells us of what the future will hold, but the gospel is what

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we're going to talk about today, which is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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which you received, and I know that each one of you have at some point in your life.

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So Paul reminds the Christians of what the gospel is, what they stand their faith upon,

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and how they are saved.

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He stresses the importance of holding fast to this message as it is the basis of their

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salvation.

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So let's read together verses three to five.

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He says, for I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died

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for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried and that He rose again

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the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Caiaphas, and then

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by the Twelve.

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Let's let that sink in a little bit.

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Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He rose again on the third

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day according to the Scriptures.

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He was buried.

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These are important truths, and often this text of Scripture has been considered a creed,

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one of the earliest creeds of the Christian faith.

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It encapsulates the essential elements of the gospel message that were of first importance

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to Paul and the early church.

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This passage affirms the reality of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, which are

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founded in Christ's doctrines.

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By presenting these truths, Paul admits to reinforcing the Corinthians' faith and resurrection

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and giving them strength and helping them with their misconceptions.

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He wanted them to understand that the resurrection is not just a future hope, but a present reality

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that should impact their lives and their beliefs.

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For Christians today, 1 Corinthians 15, 3 to 5 serves as a concise summary of the gospel,

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reminding us of the historical and theological foundations of our faith.

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This passage highlights three fundamental truths, Christ's death, His burial, and His

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resurrection, these truths from the bedrock of our hope and our belief.

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This is what we stand on.

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It's the cornerstone of our faith.

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On February 17, 1941, the monastery where Kobel worked was shut down by the German authorities.

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That day, Kobel and four others were arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in Auschwitz.

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As prisoner, he was number 16670.

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Kobel was subject to violent harassment by the German guards.

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It included things like beatings and lashings.

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It was very brutal.

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Once he was smuggled to a prison hospital by our friendly inmates, just because his

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injuries were so severe.

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At the end of July 1941, a prisoner escaped from the camp, promoting the deputy camp commander

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to pick 10 men.

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He said, these 10 men will be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further

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escapes.

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Can you imagine these guys standing up, line upon line upon line of men in this concentration

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camp, disheveled, hungry, away from home?

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These soldiers came and just randomly picked 10 guys out.

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Kobel saw this and one of the men screamed out.

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He's like, my wife, my kids, I cannot die.

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I have a family.

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And Kobel, the guy from the monastery, volunteered to take his place.

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He said, it's all right.

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Take me instead.

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So the Germans were like, okay, no problem.

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We got to have 10.

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That's what they said.

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So according to eyewitnesses who was an assistant janitor at the time, the prisoner Kobel would

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lead these 10 men in prayer.

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And every time anyone would come into the prison cell, he would be calmly standing in

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the center of these men or kneeling, praying, seeking God's wisdom and comfort.

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They stayed there for two weeks.

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They were starved and they were deprived of water.

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And Kobel and only three others remained alive.

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The guards wanted the bunker emptied, so they gave the four remaining prisoners lethal injections.

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And Kobel was said to have raised his left arm and calmly waited for the deadly injection.

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He died on 14th of October, 1941.

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Willing to die so that someone else can live.

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We have a death sentence on us.

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Adam sinned and we live under the death penalty.

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We are all sinners in need of a rescue from death.

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Willing to die 2,000 years ago, Jesus who lived the perfect life as our substitute died

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for our sins.

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Verses three to five specifically summarize the core elements of the gospel.

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This emphasizes the substitutionary atonement where Jesus took upon himself the punishment

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of human sins, fulfilling the scriptures.

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Isaiah 53, 5 says, but he was wounded for our transgressions.

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He was bruised for our iniquities.

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The chastisement of our peace was upon him and by his stripes we are healed.

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Christ was treated as we deserve that we might be treated as he deserves.

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Are you worried about sin?

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Have you forgotten what was done for you?

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Christ's death was not a mere event in history, but a divine exchange bearing the weight of

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our sins and offering us his righteousness.

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As Seventh-day Adventists, we understand that this sacrificial act calls us to live lives

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reflecting his love and sacrifice.

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One of the pioneers of our church said this about the topic, Joseph Bates.

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He said, Christ's death provides the only secure foundation for our hope and the only

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true solution to the problem of sin.

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Christ's death provides the only secure foundation for our hope and the only true solution to

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the problem of sin.

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For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, Paul said, that Christ died

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for our sins according to scripture.

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Thirty-three men were trapped 2,300 feet underground and three miles from the entrance of the mine.

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After the state-owned mining company eventually took over rescue efforts from the miners'

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owners, the exploratory boreholes were drilled 2,300 feet down into the earth.

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One hole after another, can they find where there are survivors?

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Seventeen days they kept drilling holes, drilling holes, looking for something, some sign of

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life.

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The note was eventually found at the bottom of a drill bit as it was being pulled up.

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On the note, you can imagine how hard and fast those survivors were riding, like, we've

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got to get this up there.

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It said, we are well in the shelter, the 33 of us.

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So just imagine being in a dark cabin, your lights have gone dull, the batteries have

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gone out, food, there's some survival food, but you're rationing and then 17 days later

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something breaks through the ceiling and it's a drill bit.

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And you know what a drill bit sounds like.

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Maybe you heard it coming towards you closer and closer and closer.

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And scrambling, they wrote a note telling people, we're alive, there's hope.

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On October 2010, after 69 days, the men were winched to the surface one at a time.

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In a special built capsule as an estimate, 5.3 million people watched this via video.

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With few exceptions, they were in good medical condition with long term physical effects

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and really nothing anticipated, they made it.

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They came out of the ground.

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Christ's burial represents the hidden phase where hope seemed lost, but God was at work

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behind the scenes.

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Ella White says it this way, to the believer, Christ is the resurrection and the life.

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In our Savior, the life that was lost through sin is restored.

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For He has life in Himself to quicken whom He will.

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This confirms the reality of His death and sets the stage for a substitutional resurrection.

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Romans 6, 4 says, therefore we are buried with Him through baptism into death.

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That just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also

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should walk in newness of life.

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The burial of Christ symbolizes our own death to sin and our old self.

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It calls us to a period of reflection and renewal, knowing that Christ's new life is

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assured.

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James White, who was married to Ella White, had this to say, in this burial, we see the

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emblem of our rest from sin, a rest that leads to resurrection glory.

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And He was buried.

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Do you all remember the story of baby Jessica?

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She fell into her aunt's backyard well on October 14, 1987, at the age of 18 months.

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The incident occurred in Midland, Texas, where George W. Bush has a home, well, used to have

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a home, where firemen and police developed this kind of plan.

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She had been 20 feet down in the ground.

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They could hear her singing songs.

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One of the songs she sang was Winnie the Pooh.

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And she sat there, crampled up.

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She had one foot up to her, next to her cheek, surrounded by this hole, and she was like

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this, just singing, 18-month-year-old girl.

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So they had to get her out.

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So they decided that what they'd do is they would create a hole next to her and drill

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down past where she was at, and then come up to the right levitation and drill a cross

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tunnel to where her tunnel was, her hole.

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But they had all kinds of problems, because they didn't realize that the well was surrounded

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by rock, by solid rock.

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So they tried jackhammers, but jackhammers are only really for pushing down, not going

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sideways.

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So eventually, they came up with what was a new technology, and it was using water pressure

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to cut their way through the rock.

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And eventually, they did cut the way through the lock.

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And 45 hours after Jessica fell into the well, the adjacent shaft and cross tunnel were complete.

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During the drilling, rescuers could hear her continuing to sing, continuing to sing.

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So eventually, a paramedic crawled into the hole.

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And there's an interesting side story to this.

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There was a man that was born without collarbones, and he said, I can get my shoulders and I

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can, you know, collapse them.

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And I should be able to go into the hole, because it was fairly narrow, even though

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they had dug it.

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I wouldn't fit.

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I'm just a little big.

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And so the point was, they really considered this guy going in, but they found someone

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that was a paramedic, that was a small stature, and they thought that would be better.

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But I thought that was a little bit of a side note that was kind of interesting.

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So paramedic Robert O'Donnell was ultimately able to inch his way into the tunnel, and

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he picked up Jessica, handed her off to another paramedic.

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This is an interesting story, because it reflects the actionable reality of Christ's life, because

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Jesus rose, just like Jessica rose.

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And he rose again on the third day according to scriptures.

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Now we know that Jessica wasn't dead, but the concept is you're deep in the ground,

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and you come out.

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And Jesus came out of the grave.

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He rose.

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Picture the sunrise after a long, dark night.

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I've done this many times driving across the country.

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And you're driving, and you get around two, three o'clock in the morning, and you're like,

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you know, barely make it.

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And you wonder if you're going to fall asleep, and you look at your family around you, and

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you're energized just a little bit more.

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And then the sun starts to break.

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And you can see the beautiful sunrise and the colors of deep purple and orange and a

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little bit of blue.

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And eventually the sun starts to shine in your eyes, and that really wakes you up.

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But that's kind of what it's like.

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Christ is like the sunrise that dispels the darkness of death and despair.

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Ellen White puts it beautifully.

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She said in Great Controversy, Christ's resurrection is the guarantee to every believer's resurrection.

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Death is no longer a foe, but a defeated enemy.

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Christ's resurrection on the third day, this highlights the fulfillment of prophecy and

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the validation of Jesus' divine nature.

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In John 11, it says, Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life.

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He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live.

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And whoever lives believes in me, shall never die.

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Do you believe this?

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He asks.

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The resurrection of Christ assures us of our future resurrection and eternal life.

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It empowers us to live boldly for Christ, knowing that death is not the end, but the

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beginning of a glorious eternity with our Savior.

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I like what some of our early Adventist authors and leaders used to say.

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And I often get a chance, I try to read or research that.

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Uriah Smith said something on the resurrection that I think is rather powerful.

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He said, the resurrection of Christ is the crowning proof of our faith.

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Without it, our hope would be in vain, but with it, we have the assurance of eternal

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life.

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Isn't that nice?

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That's what we hang on to.

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Christ's resurrection on the third day, according to scriptures, is crucial, validating his

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divinity and the truth of his teachings.

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The resurrection is not only a miracle, but also a fulfillment of prophecy.

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In Psalm 1610 and Hosea 6-2, proving that Jesus is the promised Messiah.

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First Corinthians 15, 3-5 fits the several key doctrines that we have as a church.

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You might say, really?

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Is it clearly stated?

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Let me give you an idea.

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On our foundational belief, number nine, the life and death of resurrection of Christ.

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It's called the atonement.

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This belief centers on the pivotal events of Christ's life, including his sacrificial

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death, burial, and resurrection, which are explicitly referred to here in First Corinthians.

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Then there's the fundamental belief, number 26.

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The belief emphasizes that Christ's resurrection is the assurance of the resurrection of all

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who believe in him.

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Adventists believe that those who die in Christ will be resurrected to eternal life when Jesus

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returns.

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Fundamental belief, number 10, also relates to the experience of salvation, highlighting

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the process by which believers accept the gospel and its transforming power.

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The belief emphasizes that salvation is through faith in Jesus, sacrificial death, and resurrection.

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The text underscores the transformative power of accepting the gospel and leading a new

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life in Christ.

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But then there's fundamental belief, number 24.

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Although not explicitly mentioned in this text, the implications of Christ's death,

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burial, and resurrection include his ongoing ministry in the heavenly sanctuary.

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As our high priest and advocate, the resurrection signifies the beginning of Christ's ministry

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in the heavenly sanctuary, interceding on our behalf and because of humanity.

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Christ is the King of Kings.

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He is the Lord of Lords.

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He is the one that has made it all possible.

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So I'm just here to remind you today of what the foundations of our faith are.

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Maybe listening to other Christian preachers of sermons, you may hear things on the radio

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or on the television, but I want you to be assured that as a Seventh-day Adventist, you

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rely on these three things, and this is the foundation of our faith.

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And so if today you didn't realize that, I ask you to accept it as your faith.

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And if you're forgotten, maybe got caught up in theology or the splitting of hairs as

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we do so well in our theology, I ask you to just remember what 1 Corinthians 15 says,

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that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried and he

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was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

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That's what we believe.

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That's our hope.

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That's what gets us through.

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And I love the way Paul puts it here at the very beginning of the chapter.

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He says, now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel.

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And I hope I've been able to do that for you today.

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Clarify the gospel.

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This is what it means to be Seventh-day Adventist.

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This is what it means to be a Christian.

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It's to know and to believe and to have faith in what Jesus has done for us.

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Let's bow our heads with prayer.

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Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for the great good news of your gospel.

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We thank you for your power to cleanse us and to wash us, to take the penalty of our

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sins, to be buried and to raise, to live again.

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We thank you, Lord, that you can live inside our lives.

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And we thank you for what you have done.

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The very simple but unforgettable gospel.

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It's profound in its simplicity.

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And we thank you, Lord.

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Amen.