Jesus Christ rose
from the dead- yes or no? What do you believe? If you're reading this study
then hopefully you're seeking truth, Biblical truth. If you haven't accept
Christ as your Savior, prayerfully you will.
Christians by their very name are followers of Christ. Followers of
Christ are those who believe Christ is God's only begotten Son, declared to be
so. Christ followers believe that God's only begotten Son sacrificed Himself
for all of humanity and each person can choose to accept what Christ has done,
believing in His forgiveness, and in His ability to save us, to give us
salvation so that one day we will find our home in heaven with Him.
We believe that
Jesus' death resulted in His being resurrected, raised from the dead by His
Father, our Heavenly Father.
1Co 15:12 Now
if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that
there is no resurrection of the dead?
1Co 15:13 But
if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
1Co 15:14 And
if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also
vain.
1Co 15:15 Yea,
and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that
he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise
not.
1Co 15:16 For
if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
1Co 15:17 And
if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
1Co 15:18 Then
they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
Please note here-
'Then they also which ARE FALLEN ASLEEP in Christ are perished.'
What does this mean,
'fallen asleep in Christ'? Seriously,
what does this mean? Elsewhere in the Bible Jesus talks about Lazarus being
asleep and clarifying it as his being dead. (John 11:11-14). So let's read this again with this knowledge-
'Then they also which are DEAD in Christ are perished.' What VERY important
message is this telling us? That those who died have NOT ALREADY been raised
and taken to heaven. The raising of the
dead in Christ is a FUTURE hope, not a hope already realized. In fact, if the dead from the very first to
die (Abel) until now ALL are immediately whisked in spirit form from their
bodies with all their memories and personality and taken to heaven then why do
they need a Savior? People wouldn't need a Savior if it is automatic that when
we breathe our last breath and our heart beats its last, we slip out of our
bodies and up to heaven.
1Co 15:19 If
in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most
miserable.
1Co 15:20 But
now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that
slept.
1Co 15:21 For
since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1Co 15:22 For
as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
In Christ SHALL all
be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But
every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are
Christ's at his coming.
EVERY MAN IN HIS OWN
ORDER.
Christ the
firstfruits.
AFTERWARDS-
…they that are
Christ's AT HIS COMING.
If this is to be
true what we've just read then those who are Christ's will be made alive AT HIS
COMING.
1Co 15:24 Then
cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the
Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
1Co 15:25 For
he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
1Co 15:26 The
last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
1Co 15:27 For
he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put
under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under
him.
1Co 15:28 And
when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be
subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in
all.
.
No comments:
Post a Comment