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Introduction

We are still taking about heaven in our Sunday night Bible study.

Now if there is anything we know about heaven it is this, there is a lot to discuss when we think about heaven, what is there, where we are, what is happening, and so forth.

But we cannot fail to talk about us.

What about us, we are here, we are alive and well on ole planet earth.

But there is a change coming, life will stop as we know it here on earth, we will either face death or if we are blessed, Jesus will return in our lifetime.

So what do you think about death?

People don’t like to talk about death do they… there is something kind of taboo about it… why is that?

Well, I was listening to David Jeremiah the other day talk about death and the here after and I was reading some other commentaries as I studied this passage and I came to think like this....

A great change is coming...

What do people generally say abotu death… we dont like to talk about it

I see a lot of people today for getting make overs, face lifts and body lifts, and so much more, they want to look good as long as we can… but there is nothing any better than living and looking like Jesus

So I am going to look at the passage from .

Now Paul is speaking about the church members at Corinth, and they have asked some questions about life after death, what will happen to the body, can it really be physical or will it be just spiritual.

Remember there is a lot of gnosticism out there, some who thought that what ever was to come, what ever was to be, it would be the appearance of what was matter.

So what can we say, what can we tell others when they ask about the after life.

Well we can testify about the after life, in one of two ways…

Death will come and then we will enjoy the afterlife...

or ...........

2. Jesus will return for His church and will will be caught up in the air with Him and forever we will be with Jesus in Heaven.

Jesus will return for His church and will will be caught up in the air with Him and forever we will

Now Paul in this passage is speaking about the dead.

How are the dead raised?

And what kind of body do they have…

This is the question the believers at Corinth are struggling with, they are not sure what to believe and why?

So lets remind us of what has to happen as long as Jesus delays his coming...

1. Death had to come to us...

we find out that Paul rebukes them… Lets go back to our text my friends.

As Paul seeks to answer their questions,we find out that Paul rebukes them… Lets go back to our text my friends.

As Paul seeks to answer their questions, we find out that Paul rebukes them… Lets go back to our text my friends.

Paul rebukes them, Look at what he says, “You foolish person.”

You cannot do anything about the resurrection until death comes…

And so he says that sowing will not result in reaping until the seed perishes, until it dies, because only in death can it truly come to life.

Think about planting seeds, the seeds have to germinate, they have to die before the new growth takes place.

a bean seed germinates and then something that looks totally different from the bean seed sprouts and grows and produces beans.

Listen to what Jesus said

This is the very thing that Jesus says here and also he speaks of the resurrection.

Jesus will die, be buried and rise again, the resurrection of Jesus bears a great deal of fruit, the most is the fact that his death changed everything for all man kind.

Now think about our lives, if Jesus delays his coming, we know this one truth death might the way we obtain the resurrection.

If they is the case, we will return with Jesus and those old dead bodies will be supernaturally changed and we ill enjoy being changed first and to see Jesus upon the return flight.

Don’t be afraid of death, you must die to obtain the resurrection.

Don’t be afraid of death, you must die to obtain the resurrection.

Paul rebukes them, you cannot do anything about the resurrection until you die.

You cannot deny the resurrection, what we cannot explain right now is the means by which we will enjoy the blessing of the resurrection.

2. A Different Kind of Body

2. a differnt kind of Body

So when you look back at that opening verse, we see that Paul addresses their question of what kind of body will the dead have...

That is one of the most unique questions a Christian could ask, if they are a Christian they would know that we will have a resurrected body, but if they are being led astray by gnostics and others, people would most likely be taught that they would possibily have a immaterial body, a body that looks good but really isnt real.

But the resurrection we learn about in the Bible speaks to a person having a real, forgiven body… glorified body and we will continue to pursue this thought.

Look at verse 37 and 38 here in the passage of

So consider what is next… Some believe that death is the end, there is nothing more for us to gain or experience, but they will be surprised, for as we looked at , the dead man raised up his eyes in hell, while Lazarus was at peace and in comfort....

But we know there if life after death, the truth is we really do not die, this body ceases if Jesus delays his coming, and we will be in heaven with him..

But when it is time for the resurrection, Paul reminds us in verse 38, every seed will have its body, and it iwll be a body after his choosing.

But our new body will be far different than anything we have every experienced....

We will not have the same type of body that ceased to exist.... if that was the case, the rapture and resurrection would not be anything special.

What is special is that He has given us a new body and I believe it will be in His image just like we were originally desired to be....

And when you walk through the Bible, we find that Paul reminds us of what our new bodies will be like in this time of his coming.

So here is 4 thoughts

A. Our new bodies will be indestructible…

Look at verse 42…

what comes after death, we will not return the same.

we will not have the same kind of body that was buried,

A. Our new bodies will be indestructibe

Our present body will be far different than our new body, why?

Paul tells us why, If Jesus delays his coming, this body will die, and since it can die, it perishes.

It is frail, weak, touched by sin.

These bodies are mortal not the immortal.

These bodies are mortal, they will age, that is a hard thing in this life, aging changes us.

We go from strong and perhaps healthy and will grow weak, sickly and eventually death will come.

David Jeremiah says we are going down hill each day.

But the new body will be perfect, never old and never tired.

It will be eternal

our present bodies go down hill with each day.

But the new body will be perfect, never old and never tired.

It iwll be eternal

Nothing will touch these new bodies infinite, full life...

Jesus said I have come that you might have life and have it to the fullest or abundantly… The fullest expression of life is found in Jesus and will be made real the day we stand in His presence.

How wonderful!

B. The Bodies will be Like His, Glorified....

Nothing will touch these new bodies

We will have a transformation from the old to the new.

Look with me at verse 49...

We will have a transformation

We bear the image of the natural man ( man of the dust) from the dust of the earth we come and to it we will return.

But the new man has had a make over....

Look at verse 43

Do you see the difference that is on display here, one is weak, sinful, mortal, and the other is glorified, made in His likeness and raised in power.

Consider what Paul says in Philippians 3

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Do you see the difference, Jesus has been raised in glory, not just he place but the adjective, and so shall we be on the day of His return to the earth.

Our lowly bodies will be made like Him...

Glory is the description of his body and we will be made like him.

But the day has not come..

Listen to :2

The time has not yet come… But the day WILL come!

We will be like Jesus.

What does that mean that we will be like Jesus… Consider what we know about Jesus.

Think about Jesus during those 40 days after the resurrection.

He has received what was prepared for Him after his death, burial and resurrection.

To kick gnostics in the pants, listen to this first thought

1. Jesus had a real body....