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Corinthians 15:21-26, 30--42 – Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the Kingdom
of God
God will provide a new body for life in heaven. Even
Christians can become confused on the matter of the body after death. Is the
body to be preserved at the high cost of burial? Will the body be resurrected
on the last Great day? If there is no body, can we exist as spirits? If there
is a body what is it like? These questions troubled the Corinthian church: ‘How
are the dead raised? With what body do they come? In this lesson Paul helps us
understand the resurrected body.
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New Body for an Old Soul
Even Christians sometimes become
confused on the matter of the body after death. Should the body simply be
discarded? Is the body to be preserved at the high cost of burial? Will the
body be resurrected on the last great day? If there is no body, can we exist as
spirits? If there is a body, what will it be like? These question troubled the
Corinthian church as Paul asks them and us today; “How are the dead raised?
With what body do they come? In this lesson Paul helps us understand the
resurrected body.
1.
We will have a
body after death – V. 38
A.
A body for
identification – related to the physical body. We will recognize each
other. –V.37
B.
A body for
communication purposes. We will talk to each other.
2.
The kind of body
God will give us – Vv. 42-44
A.
A spiritual body
God will be us – Vv. 42-44
B.
A body that will
not grow old – V. 42
C.
A glorious body –
V. 43a
D.
A strong body –
V. 43b [2]
Collect for the Morning – Faithful God, whose mercies are new to us every morning, we humbly pray that You would look upon us in mercy and renew us by Your Holy Spirit. Keep safe our going out and our coming in, and let Your blessing remain with us throughout this day. Preserve us in Your righteousness, and grant us a portion in that eternal life which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord. [3] -
[1]
Luther’s Seal, copyright © Ed Riojas, Higher Things
[2]
Lectionary Preaching Workbook Series C, John Brokhoff © 1979 CSS Publishing,
Lima OH
[3]
Collect for the Morning, Lutheran Service Book, © 2006 Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis
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