Our Future Resurrection Changes Our Now (1 Cor 15:50-58)

Our Future Resurrection Changes Our Now (1 Cor 15:50-58) 1. Two ______________________ that Cannot Inherit the Kingdom 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. a. _______________________ “________-able” The living cannot enter the kingdom of God with flesh & blood b. _______________________ “____________-able” The dead corrupt bodies are not becoming incorruptible 2. God Promises Supernatural _____________ That Will Prepare Us 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. Meaning of “mystery” – Once hidden, now revealed a. Two Paths – One Ending: 1. Everyone will not _______________ 2. Everyone will be _______________ (cf. Phil 3:20-21) 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. b. The Speed of This Change: 1. Moment = “_______________” – indivisible moment 2. Twinkling of an eye = “eye-_______________” 3. _____ trump (a series? Dealing with “when” or “how fast?”) c. The Focus of This Change: 1. The _____________ will be raised incorruptible 2. We (the_____________ ) will be changed d. The Nature of This Change: 1. The corruptible will put on ___________________ 2. The mortal will put on ___________________ Rapids Street Baptist Church – Pastor Kevin Subra – April 30, 2023 3. God Gives Us Final _________________ with Our Resurrection 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." 55 "O Death, where [is] your sting? O Hades, where [is] your victory?" 56 The sting of death [is] sin, and the strength of sin [is] the law. WHEN the dead are raised and the living are changed THEN Hos 13:14 "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes." a) Death is _______________ in victory b) Death loses its excruciating _______________ c) Death loses its expected _______________ d) The lost sting of death is _______________ (paid for!) e) The lost power of sin is the _______________ (lived!) 4. Our Response to _____________ 57 But thanks [be] to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. a. Thanks to the _______________ “the one giving you the victory” b. Thanks for the _______________ “through our Lord Jesus Christ” 5. Our Response in _____________ 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. a. Command: _______________ _______ b. God commands that our _________________ change c. Be changing our _________________ conduct. We will focus on this verse next week.