Filed under: god | Tags: 1 corinthians, adam, god, hosea, isaiah, jesus, paul
Read 1 Corinthians 15:42-58. (Yeah, I messed up on the book mark. Sorry.)
1. So our body dies. But it is raised immortal. Sweet.
2. Our bodies die in dishonor. But they are raised on glory. Sweeter.
3. Our bodies are naturally weak. But they are raised with power. Super sweet.
4. Our body is natural. But is raised spiritual. There’s a lot of cool stuff going on because of the resurrection from the dead!
5. This first Adam, last Adam business can be confusing. Adam (of Garden of Eden fame) was the father of all natural man. Since he brought in sin, we all share in his legacy. This “last Adam,” though (Jesus, the firstborn of RESURRECTED man), brings us life in the Spirit; and we all get to share in that!
6. We look “rather mannish” because we are related to Adam. But, as much as we are related to him, we are also going to start bearing the likeness of Jesus (the man from heaven).
7. It’s not our natural bodies (what we got from Adam) that inherits the kingdom of God. It’s the spiritual part of us!
8. Oooh…what’s Paul’s mystery? We will not all sleep (that means DIE). We will all be changed. We will go from being natural to spiritual or “imperishable” in a BLINK.
9. If we want in on the good stuff, we (being natural) need to “clothe” ourselves with the spiritual. When we are clothed in this, then death has no power over us. No power. Can you imagine what that would be like? For death to mean nothing? Isaiah and Hosea preached about it; but, wow, this is going to be real!
10. Death might be able to say to us, “Oh, no you don’t! You are a sinner. You are bound to follow the law; and, by that law, you have SINNED! I’ve got you!” But, Jesus gives us that victory through His death on the cross. And death is going to be left looking stupid for even trying.
11. Why would you not stand firm if you knew this? This is definitely going to pay off in the end, so why not live for God with all you’ve got?
