Resurrection (Part 2)

Do we have questions about our own resurrection?

1 Corinthians 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

Must this mortal body die first?

1 Corinthians 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

Will the resurrected body be just like our earthly body?

1 Corinthians 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

Who will decide what our heavenly body is like?

1 Corinthians 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

Do all creatures have the same earthly body?

1 Corinthians 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

Will our celestial body have a different glory?

1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

Will we differ in eternal glory?

1 Corinthians 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

What will be a big difference between our mortal and immortal bodies?

1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

As beautiful as the human body is, how does it compare to our eternal body?

1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

What other words can we use to compare?

1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

How does Adam compare?

1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

In what time order are the natural and the spiritual?

1 Corinthians 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

If Adam was the first man, who is the second?

1 Corinthians 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

How are the heavenly?

1 Corinthians 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

Made in the image of God, what image shall we bear?

1 Corinthians 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

What can flesh and blood not inherit?

1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

What is the mystery?

1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

How will the dead be raised?

1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

What two things must we put on?

1 Corinthians 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

What will be swallowed up in victory?

1 Corinthians 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

What is said of death and the grave?

1 Corinthians 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

How are death and the law related?

1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

Who gives us the victory and through whom?

1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

In light of this what should we do?

1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

A new body awaits us in the resurrection! It will be without corruption, glorious, powerful, spiritual, heavenly, incorruptible, immortal, and victorious. Let’s stand firm. Our work for God is not pointless.