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*The Gospel: It’s Unalterable Hope*
*1Corinthians 15:35-58 July 20, 2003*
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*Scripture Reading:*
(Hebrews 2:5-9)
Romans 8:18-30
Compare church age with post-modern age:
Rev. 3:11-12 {compare Philadelphia with Laodicea}
*Introduction:*
*Life After Death* \\ \\
"Do you believe in life after death?" the boss asked one of his employees.
\\ "Yes, Sir," the new employee replied.
\\ \\ "Well then, that makes everything just fine," the boss went on.
"After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother's funeral, she stopped in to see you."
How dear do you hold to the hope of the resurrection?
OK, you listened to last week’s message on the arguments Paul makes for the gospel and you are convinced Jesus rose from the dead.
But what does that mean for you personally?
How will you be raised and with what kind of body will you come?
Paul asks these questions in our text today (1Cor.
15:35-58, page 1790, pew Bible) in order to answer them for us.
Much depends on what we believe about the resurrection.
Regrettably, many people today (even some who call themselves Christians like we saw last week) believe that when you’re dead, you’re dead.
Every Christian truth is up for grabs if there is no resurrection – Christ’s death as a saving event, forgiveness of sins, hope for the future, Christian ethics, the character of God himself.
In a way, the Corinthian church was like the Laodicean church – they thought they had all they needed in this life.
Whatever the Corinthians thought about their present spirituality, it was not the heavenly existence that is to be.
They were convinced that by the gift of the Spirit, and especially the manifestation of tongues, that they already entered into the spiritual heavenly existence to come.
Since they denied the body in the present because of their heightened spirituality, they had no use for it in the future.
At stake was the biblical doctrine of creation and what God is doing with it.
It is crucial that Paul address this issue to the Corinthian church because the real concern behind their denial of the resurrection was that it had to do with the reanimation of dead bodies, the resuscitation of corpses.
This was distasteful to them as it probably is to some of us.
But for Paul, this was not at the crux of the resurrection.
It was rather the transformation of the physical body into a glorified body adapted to heavenly existence – in other words, re-creation.
He supports this with several arguments.
*Big Question:*
/What are some arguments that support our hope of resurrection?/
From the Nature of God as Seen in Physical Creation
The nature of God as seen in his physical creation of plant life supports the resurrection.
The nature of God as seen in his physical creation of animal life supports the resurrection.
The nature of God as seen in his physical creation of the universe supports the resurrection.
So God’s diversity in physical creation points to his ability to re-create spiritually.
From the Spiritual Nature of God Himself
The spiritual nature of God’s re-creation of man in Christ demands the resurrection.
The spiritual nature of God’s heavenly existence demands the resurrection.
The spiritual nature of God’s victory over sin and death through Christ demands the resurrection.
So God’s plan for the resurrection of man in the image of Christ gives us an earthly advance on heavenly invincibility, and that, my friends, is hope.
*From the Nature of God as Seen in Physical Creation*
*I.
Cycle One*
* A.
Narrative* (vv.
35-38)
* B.
Implication*
The nature of God as seen in his physical creation of plant life supports the resurrection.
* C.
Illustration*
The “bean seed” experiment we all did in grade school.
Our experience at the Chicago Botanical Center with the amazing variety – from seed.
* D.
Application*
*II.
Cycle Two*
* A.
Narrative* (v.
39)
* B.
Implication*
The nature of God as seen in his physical creation of animal life supports the resurrection.
* C.
Illustration*
* D.
Application*
Likewise the ‘seed’ of animals changes form.
*III.
Cycle Three*
* A.
Narrative* (vv.
40-41)
* B.
Implication*
The nature of God as seen in his physical creation of the universe supports the resurrection.
* C.
Illustration*
* D.
Application*
Paul moves us in a progression from the simple to the complex.
*IV.
Cycle Four*
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* A.
Narrative* (vv.
42-44)
* B.
Implication*
So God’s diversity in physical creation points to his ability to re-create spiritually.
* C.
Illustration*
BROKEN TO BECOME BEAUTIFUL
Sample of Daily Encounter by Dick Innes
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed
me to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to
proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for
the blind, to release the oppressed ..." (Luke 4:18, NIV).
At the Royal Palace of Tehran in Iran, you can see one of the
most beautiful mosaics in the world.
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