The Glorified Resurrection of the Body
1 Cor. 15:50-53
A. Here is a subject you may have never given much thought. Never
taught it in depth.
Speaks of the final transition of the body that will occur at
the resurrection. A transition, change that will take place in
our body to get us ready to go where no flesh and blood can ever
dwell.
a. Understanding what God has in store for every Christian in
very important.
(A) Most Christians have no idea of what will happen at the resurrection
day.
Three transitions take place in every faithful Christians
life.
(a) The first one begins at baptism. When you leave the lost condition
and become
a born again Christian.
The second is a life-long transition of change. Always repenting
toward doing whats right and repenting from whats
wrong. God calls it growing to spiritual maturity. A constant
process of changing into what God wants us to be.
Then one day we will die and after that Jesus will come back to
take us home.
Before that happens a Third transition must take place in the
physical body.
Thats the one that will take place at the resurrection.
Definition of Resurrection: A dead body coming back to life.
Jno. 11:43-44, Lazaruss dead body came back to life.
Matt. 27:52, At the crucifixion The dead bodies of saints
were raised. There was a resurrection of dead bodies. Thats
what a resurrection is.
Christs dead body came back to life and He walked out of
the tomb.
Lk. 24:39, Jesus appears to disciples and they fear, They think
they are seeing a ghost. Jesus said, Touch my hands and
feet...a spirit does not have flesh and bone as you see I have.
They are looking at the body Jesus was born into, the body that
was put on the cross and into the tomb. Thats the same body
they are looking at now. Nothing has changed. It has just come
back to life.
Jno. 20:24-28. Thomas does not believe. What does Jesus say? Vs.
24-25.
Thomas understood what a resurrection was. Jesus died and was
resurrected.
Our resurrection will be the same as that of Jesus.
Jno. 5:28-29. Tell me what went into the tomb and Ill tell
you whats going to come out. Dead bodies. But those bodies
have turned to dust.
1 Thess. 4:14-15. This is revelation from God through Paul.
Vs. 16, The dead in Christ shall rise. The Dead what?
Dead bodies.
Our resurrected bodies will not be any different than the Saints
whose bodies arose when Jesus died, or when Lazarus rose from
the dead. Those resurrections are no different than when the Lord
Himself arose from the dead.
2. 1 Cor. 15:1-11. Paul preached the Death, Burial and Resurrection
of Jesus. Vs. 11, You believed that when I preached it.
(1) Some had questioned that possibility. Put a dead body in a
tomb and in ten years what do you have? Dust, not a body. Their
question is how does that happen. They had never seen it. They
are like the Athenians in Acts 24:15, Paul preached the
resurrection and they mocked.
(1) 1 Cor. 15:35. The dead are raised. Dead what? Dead Bodies.
(1) But someone will say (someone there at church) How are
the dead (Dead what? Bodies) raised up and with what body do they
come?
(2) They do not understand and are afraid theres not going
to be a resurrection.
(3) Vs. 3-4. Not challenging Christs resurrection. He arose
on the 3rd day. His body did not see decay, it did not turn to
dust. It may be a long time before the judgment day comes and
they dont understand how theyre going to get a resurrected
body out of a body thats been decayed into a little pile
of dust?
(2) Thats the reason for Pauls discourse, 1 Cor. 15:12-22.
(1) Whats being denied? The power of God. Gen. 2:7. If God
can create the body out of the dust of the ground
He can also Recreate the body from dust.
(2) Jno. 11:39. God restored Lazarus decaying body. The
power of God did it.
(2) We are Trifid beings. 1 Thess. 5:23. When He comes again whats
going to come out of the tomb? A body. Rev. 20:13. That is Gods
promise.
(1) 1 Cor. 15:29. Whats the context? Reminding them about
what he had already preached in Vs. 12-17.
(1) Vs. 29. Otherwise, That means, Youve
made an argument and if thats so, then what will they do
that are baptized for the dead?
(2) If there is no resurrection why were you baptized for the
dead (Dead what?).
(3) Rom. 8:10-11. Question? How do you receive the Holy Spirit
to dwell in you? By being baptized into Jesus Christ for
the remission of your sins. Acts 2:38.
(2) Acts 24:15, There will be a resurrection of the dead,
both of the just & the unjust.
(1) Whats going to happen to people who are resurrected
when Jesus comes and they dont have the Holy Spirit to give
them life? That is a fearful thought.
(2) Why am I baptized? To have my sins forgives so i can receive
the Holy Spirit.
(3) Why is that important? So the Spirit can resurrect me bodily
with a new glorified body and give me life that is an eternal
life. Rom. 8:11. What if youre resurrected and dont
have the Holy Spirit.
(3) Rom. 8:23.
(1) Jude 9, Michael the archangel, contended with the devil,
when he disputed about the body of Moses. That body is precious
to God. It will be redeemed.
(2) Die without the Holy Spirit and Satan will torture both your
spirit and your body.
(4) Phip. 3:20-21. The body is subject to sin, sickness, pain,
death.
(1) One day it will be resurrected, changed and be just like the
body Jesus has.
(2) 1 Cor. 15:35-38. Whether its the seed of corn or the
seed of man, God gives it a body, and then he compares that to
us, 42-44, 48-54.
(3) Are you ready for the judgment of the resurrection day?
(4) Acts 20:32.
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