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August 28 - 1 Corinthians 15 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends. It's Sean here.
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  It's the 28th of August. It's a Wednesday.
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  And here we are in the middle of the week, coming over the hump,
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  heading down toward the other side.
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  Hope you're going well, friends. Me.
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  Oh, thanks for asking. I'm going great.
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  Today's a good day because today we get to read well, it's a very
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  important chapter. I I recently heard my Bishop
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  describing this chapter as the chapter which gives us hope as
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  Christian people. And this is where Paul describes
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  the resurrection to that church in Corinth to make sure that
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  they understand that that is real.
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  And it's not some mystical philosophical simile or analogy,
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  but this is real. Friends, one day we will exhale
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  for the last time and we will move from this little old broken
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  body into a resurrection more glorious than we could possibly
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  wrap our heads around. And this chapter really spells
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  out what is that going to look like?
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  So you ready buckle yourselves in.
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  This is a long term view of the reality for you and me and
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  everybody who loves Jesus. So wow, let us read it together.
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  First Corinthians chapter 15 Now let me remind you, dear
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  brothers and sisters, of the good news I preached to you
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  before. You welcomed it then, and you
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  still stand firm in it. It is this good news that saves
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  you if you continue to believe the message I told you.
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  Unless of course, you believed something that was never true.
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  In the 1st place, I passed on to you what was most important and
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  what had also been passed on to me.
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  Christ died for our sins, just as the scriptures said.
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  He was buried and He was raised from the dead on the third day,
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  just as the scripture said. He was seen by Peter and then by
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  the 12. After that.
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  He was seen by more than 500 of his followers at one time, most
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  of whom are still alive, though some have died.
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  Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles.
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  Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I
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  also saw him, for I am the least of all the apostles.
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  In fact, I'm not even worthy to be called an apostle after the
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  way I persecuted God's church. But whatever I am now, it is all
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  because God poured out His special favour on me, and not
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  without results, for I have worked harder than any of the
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  other apostles, yet it was not I but God who was working through
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  me by His grace. So it makes no difference
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  whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same
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  message you have already believed.
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  But tell me this, since we preach that Christ rose from the
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  dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of
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  the dead? For if there is no resurrection
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  of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either.
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  And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching
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  is useless, and your faith is useless, and we apostles would
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  be lying about God. For we have said that God raised
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  Christ from the grave, but that can't be true if there is no
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  resurrection of the dead. And if there is no resurrection
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  of the dead, then Christ has not been raised.
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  And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is
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  useless and you are still guilty of your sins.
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  In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost.
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  And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more
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  to be pity than anyone in the world.
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  But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead.
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  He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.
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  So you see, just as death came into the world through a man,
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  now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another
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  man. Just as everyone dies because we
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  all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given
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  new life. But there is an order to the
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  resurrection. Christ was raised as the first
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  of the harvest. Then all who belong to Christ
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  will be raised when he comes back.
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  After that the end will come, when he will return the Kingdom
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  over to God the Father, having destroyed every ruler and
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  authority and power. For Christ must reign until he
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  humbles all his enemies beneath his feet, and the last enemy to
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  be destroyed is death. For the Scriptures say God has
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  put all things under his authority.
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  Of course, when it says all things are under his authority,
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  that does not include God himself who gave Christ his
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  authority. Then, when all things are under
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  his authority, the Son will put himself under God's authority,
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  so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, we
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  will be utterly supreme over everything, everywhere.
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  If the dead will not be raised, what point is there in people
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  being baptised for those who are dead?
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  Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again?
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  And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour?
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  For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death
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  daily. This is as certain as my pride
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  in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you.
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  And what value was there in fighting wild beasts, those
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  people of Ephesus, if there will be no resurrection from the
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  dead? And if there is no resurrection,
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  let's feast and drink, for tomorrow we die.
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  Don't be fooled by those who say such things, for bad company
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  corrupts good character. Think carefully about what is
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  right and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that
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  some of you don't know God at all.
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  But someone may ask, how will the dead be raised?
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  What kind of bodies will they have?
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  What a foolish question. When you put a seed into the
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  ground, it doesn't grow into a plant unless it dies first.
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  And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow,
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  but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting.
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  Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have.
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  A different plant grows from each kind of seed.
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  Similarly, there are different kinds of flesh, one kind for
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  humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another
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  for fish. There are also bodies in heaven
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  and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies
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  is different from the glory of the earthly bodies.
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  The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each
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  have another kind, and even the stars differ from each other in
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  their glory. It is the same way with the
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  resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted
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  in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to life
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  forever. Our bodies are buried in
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  brokenness, but they will be raised in glory.
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  They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.
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  They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised
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  as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural
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  bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
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  The scripture tells us the 1st man, Adam became a living
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  person, but the last Adam, that is Christ, is a life giving
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  spirit. What comes first is the natural
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  body, then the spiritual body comes later.
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  Adam, the 1st man was made from the dust of the earth, while
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  Christ the 2nd man came from heaven.
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  Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people
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  are like the heavenly man. Just as we are now like the
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  earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man.
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  What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our
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  physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.
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  These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
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  But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret.
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  We will not all die, but we will all be transformed.
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  It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the
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  last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds,
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  those who have died will be raised to life forever, and we
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  who are living will also be transformed.
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  For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that
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  will never die. Our mortal bodies must be
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  transformed into immortal bodies.
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  Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies
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  that will never die, this scripture will be fulfilled.
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  Death is swallowed up in victory.
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  Oh death, where is your victory? Oh death, where is your sting?
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  For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law
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  gives sin its power. But thank God, he gives us
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  victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and
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  immovable. Always work enthusiastically for
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  the Lord. For you know that nothing you do
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  for the Lord is ever useless. Jesus, thank you.
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  Thank you that you have laid down your life for us not to
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  stay dead, but to be resurrected.
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  God raised you from life as a deposit, as that firstfruits, so
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  that all of us can follow. And when we follow you, this
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  seed, this earthly body, which month after month, year after
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  year, ages and breaks down, but that seed will be planted and
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  from there a spiritual body which is eternal and perfect
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  will come. And we will get to be with you
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  physically for eternity, surrounded by your love and your
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  presence in a mind blowing, glorious way that we cannot even
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  begin to comprehend. Oh Jesus, what a gift you give
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  us. And when you write in this very
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  book that faith, hope, and love are the three eternal things
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  that will come with us. Lord, we claim this hope, this
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  hope of a glorious future with you.
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  Ah, we love you and we are so grateful for all that you have
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  planned for us. Give us a bounce in our step and
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  buoyancy in our hearts as we look forward to that eternity
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  with You. And we pray all of this in your
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  holy saving name, Jesus, Amen.