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Oct 06 8:08 AM

The Resurrection of Believers

Oct 06 8:08 AM
Oct 06 8:08 AM

 

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

1 Corinthians 15:40-44

 

 
Some of you are gardeners. You know what it is to plant a seed, a little, tiny seed, and have something totally different spring up. It's not different than what you planted, but the body that comes out of the ground is different than what you see when you put it into the ground. I just put in a whole new lawn, put in all kinds of these little, tiny grass seeds. The hope is that there will be a full blade of grass for every seed, and maybe even more, and hopefully, because of all the seeds, there will be a nice lawn. Well, that analogy is the very analogy that the Apostle Paul uses in 1 Corinthians 15:40-44 to tell us what's going to go on with our bodies one day. He says, "There are heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body."

Death is certain for all of us. These bodies are going to die. We know that. But the good news that came to us in the resurrection of Jesus Christ is that just as his body was raised from the dead, so will our bodies be raised from the dead. Just as Jesus Christ was raised imperishable, so our bodies will be raised imperishable. Just as Jesus died and was put in the grave, these bodies will die and be put in the grave. But one day, at the last trumpet, when that trumpet sounds, those who believe in Christ, their bodies will be raised imperishable. That's for all of us who believe. So, friends, when sometimes as we grow old, and our bodies age, as we get concerned about what's going to happen with us, and what will happen with our bodies, know this: The body that is sown, the body that is buried, it's in weakness, it's in dishonor, it's perishable, it's natural. But in Christ Jesus, that body will be raised, and when it is raised, it will be imperishable. It will be glorious. It will be powerful. It will be spiritual. We have that hope because of Christ Jesus and his resurrection. And I hope that that hope will give you the lift for your life that you need today.

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