350 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 2 - Book 30 - The Resurrection Complete - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 30 THE RESURRECTION COMPLETE - PART 2 Now in verse 36 Paul is going to come into another concept of resurrection, and that is, before something can live it has to die. I Corinthians 15:36,37 "Thou fool, (in other words you foolish individual) that which thou sowest is not quickened, (or made alive) except it die. In other words Paul is saying that when you plant something you don't plant the whole stalk of wheat, but rather the seeds. Now it stands to reason if you're going to plant the seed then you don't expect the seed to suddenly come up above the ground. Paul is using that as a total illustration of our own resurrection experience. I Corinthians 15:38 "But God giveth it (this grain) a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body." I Corinthians 15:39-43 "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead, It is sown in corruption; (death) it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:" So let's go back to John's Gospel Chapter 12 and let's begin with verse 20.. John 12:20-24 Philip (remembering that Jesus sort rebuffed the Gentiles in earlier experiences) cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. Verily, verily I say unto you, Except a corn (kernel) of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.'" (or grain) What was Jesus referring to? I try to stress to people that Christ in His earthly ministry was almost exclusive to the Nation of Israel. I Corinthians 15:42 "So also is the resurrection of the dead. It (the body that has lived and died) is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:"(and power) When people go to an eternal Hell it won't be God's fault. Not because an unfair God sent them there. A fair God has already declared those sins paid for at the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. And so it took all the power that God had at His disposal to raise Christ from the dead. So looking at the text again Paul tells us in verse 42 "that it is sown in corruption." Romans 6:5 "For if (here's the condition) we have been planted (or sown) together in the likeness of his (Christ) death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:" Well what's it saying? If we have been planted in the likeness of Christ's death, then we will be resurrected in Christ's likeness. So as we're planted together we come up in resurrection power together. Never that we become God. We will never become God, but we become the very manifestation of His resurrection power. Now verse 43. I Corinthians 15:43 "It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:" I think we all hate death. We hate the death of our loved ones. The unbelievers will never see their loved ones again. Did the three disciples ask The Lord Jesus, "Who are these fellows?" That body of flesh has to die, and then be raised in resurrection power. I Corinthians 15:44 "It is sown a natural body; (that which is born of the flesh) it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." Now verse 45: I Corinthians 15:45 Christ never stops being God. Now verse 46. Remember first Cain the natural and then Able the spiritual. Esau the natural, and then Jacob the spiritual. First King Saul the natural, and then King David the spiritual. I Corinthians 15:46-48 The first man is of the earth, (The first man was Adam, he was made of the earth he went back to the earth.) earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. Now verse 49: I Corinthians 15:49 It's the eternal Word of God. This Book is supernaturally put together. Well not man's immorality as much as God hates it, not his drunkenness as much as He hates it, nor stealing, but what does God hate most of all? No faith. He couldn't believe a thing God said. I Corinthians 15:50 "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption." You do not put a spiritual Body such as Christ's resurrected Body back in the tomb. It's prone to disease, failures, and it's that body of corruption that we bury and place in the ground. But when it comes out of the ground in resurrection power it's going to be a new body fashioned after Christ's glorious Body. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible