enduring word 1 corinthians 15

We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: Corinth was an important and wealthy city on the isthmus (narrow strip of land) separating Northern and Southern Greece. (5-8) Concrete evidence of Jesus resurrection. Chuck Smith points to a grammatical construction that would be different if this trumpet were the trumpet of Revelation 11. iii. The resurrection body of Jesus was material and could eat (Luke 24:39-43), yet it was not bound by the laws of nature (Luke 24:31, 24:36-37). As Paul said to Agrippa in Acts 26:8, This may be a foolish question (Paul calls his imaginary questioner , Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. : Does this mean everyone is resurrected? In Ephesians 1:10, Paul reveals Gods eternal purpose in history: When He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power, to men, to Satan, and even to death. Was Paul crucified for you? Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. : Its hard to understand what our resurrection bodies will be like, so Paul will use, Raised in incorruption raised in glory raised in power. In His work, He communicates three things to those who are, means that we are legally declared not only not guilty, but to have a, speaks of our behavior, and how the believers are to be separate, by focusing on ourselves, but on Jesus, because Jesus, is a word from the slave trade. (42-44) Comparison of the two kinds of bodies. a. He is, b. They know Jesus rose from the dead., followers of Jesus before His Ascension, though Acts 1:15 mentions only the 120 who were in the Jerusalem area. I am of Apollos: There was the Apollos Party, who declared We are following in the footsteps of a man who is great in power and spiritual gifts, and an impressive man. Probably, Sosthenes was Pauls scribe (or, more technically, his amanuensis). Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. Though the word gospel isnt in this verse, it is in the previous verse. e. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed: In a single moment, Jesus will gather His people (both dead and on the earth) to Himself, for resurrection. ii. If there is no principle of resurrection, then, ii. It isnt. This is the sting of death to you, unconverted ones, not that you are dying, but that after death is the judgment, and that you must stand before the Judge of the quick and dead to receive a sentence for the sins which you have committed in your body against him. (Spurgeon). c. I tell you a mystery: In the Biblical sense, a mystery is simply a thing to be understood by spiritual, rather than by merely human perception. The phrases foolishness of the message and foolishness of God do not mean Paul actually considered the message and God foolish. iii. i. Jesus paid our admission to the resurrection! And with what body do they come?. If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage. This also demonstrates Jesus credibility, because He proclaimed He would rise three days after His death (Matthew 16:21, 17:23, 20:19). An apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God: With this, Paul emphasizes his point and already begins contending with the Christians of Corinth. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. Paul replies, how foolish can you get? In 1 Corinthians 15 Paul deals more fully with what makes a person an apostle. If the cross doesnt seem strange to you, then you either dont understand how the cross was seen in Jesus day, or you dont understand who Jesus is. This should make us steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord! He is describing them as they appear to the perishing man, the wise man of this age. 1. The way Paul lived his life all-out for the gospel was evidence of the truth of the resurrection. There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. (50-53) The need for the resurrection. The Corinthians were a rich church, not only materially, but also in their speech and knowledge of Jesus (, all utterance and in all knowledge the testimony of Christ, ), and in that they lived in anticipation of Jesus coming (, i. Ironside says that the last trumpet was a figure of speech that came from the Roman military, when they broke camp. This may be a foolish question (Paul calls his imaginary questioner Foolish one in 1 Corinthians 15:36), but it is a question Paul will answer. Paul will not allow this. ii. i. Lord: A title designating not only master and boss, but also the Lord revealed in the Old Testament (known as Yahweh or Jehovah). But the ancient Greek word for, i. That there be no divisions among you: The ancient Greek word for divisions is schismata. Although we derive our English word schism from this Greek word, it does not really mean a party or a faction; it properly means tear or rend. Pauls plea is that they stop ripping each other apart, tearing up the body of Christ. Were the ones really right with God!, : There was the Apollos Party, who declared We are following in the footsteps of a man who is great in power and spiritual gifts, and an impressive man. Some mock the idea of resurrection. d. Those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved: The verb tenses of are perishing and are being saved are significant. (10) Initial plea: dont be torn apart, but joined. July 17, 2017 / by Enduring Word 1 Corinthians 14:1-19 - The Gifts of Tongues and Prophecy. This wisdom is often in contradiction to mans expectation. Some people think that Paul was disappointed by the results in Athens, and resolved to preach differently in Corinth. iv. i. What will Paul boast about? Surely, Paul remembered his converts, but the issue of baptism, though important, was not, , it is impossible to claim that Paul was a sacramentalist. This isnt the gathering of the world, but of God. ii. At these meetings He ate with them, comforted them, commanded them to preach the gospel, and told them to wait in Jerusalem for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit after His ascension. The words sanctified and saints communicate the same idea, of being set apart from the world and unto God. The ivy kept growing, and one could soon only read, . Corruption cant inherit incorruption. For Paul, the message of the cross was the gospel. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. How does the death of Jesus do anything, i. i. Paul came to Corinth from Athens, where he contended with the great philosophers of the day in terms they could understand (Acts 17:16-34). The Greek word has both a Gentile and a Jewish background. Pottery and Corinthian brass (a mixture of gold, sliver and copper) from the city were world famous. They were not the spiritual achievements of the Corinthians, but the work of the grace of God in them. So, preaching a high moral standard is not preaching the gospel, preaching the universal fatherhood of God is not preaching the gospel, and preaching the universal brotherhood of man is not preaching the gospel. To the church of God: Most people today associate the word church with a building where Christians meet. All will be resurrected in the sense that they will receive a resurrection body and live forever. For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. The Son glorifies the Father (John 17:4), the Father glorifies the Son (John 17:5), and the Holy Spirit glorifies the Son (John 16:14). ii. In these first 10 verses, Paul refers to Jesus in every verse, for a total of 11 times. c. The world through wisdom did not know God: There is a constant tendency to think that the smartest and wisest humans will know the most about God. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. This chapter falls logically into two divisions having reference to fellow-laborers in God's field (1 Corinthians 3:1-9 a), and to fellow-workers in God's building (1 Corinthians 3:9b-17), with a short summary and recapitulation of the apostle's argument in the epistle to this point (1 Corinthians 3:18-23).THE FIELD. (Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-11) The word resurrection, usually points out our existence beyond the grave. In light of all this, how could the Corinthian Christians let go of such an important truth? Since every cell of my body contains the DNA blueprint to make a whole new body, God can no doubt take one cell of my dead body and make a glorious resurrection body out of that old blueprint. That is of little importance to me, because I am not an apostle because of a popular election. Later, in 2 Corinthians 6:1, Paul pleads that we might not receive the grace of God in vain: : Paul compares himself to the other apostles. : This refers to a few different meetings, such as in John 20:26-31, John 21:1-25, Matthew 28:16-20, and Luke 24:44-49. Are they lying in the grave, in some kind of soul sleep or suspended animation? c. Since we will bear the image of the heavenly Man, the best example we have of what a resurrection body will be like is to see what Jesus resurrection body was like. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. Because church was a secular term (referring to the gatherings of the citizenry in a city-state to discuss and decide on matters of public interest [Mare]), Paul calls the gathering of Christians in Corinth the church of God. The Corinthians were a rich church, not only materially, but also in their speech and knowledge of Jesus (all utterance and in all knowledge the testimony of Christ), in their abounding in the gifts (come short in no gift), and in that they lived in anticipation of Jesus coming (eagerly waiting). The bottom line is this: is the church influencing the city, or is the city influencing the church? For the grace which was given to you by Jesus Christ, : This was the specific reason for Pauls gratitude. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. iii. . In 1 Corinthians 15 Paul deals more fully with what makes a person an apostle. Third, hold this world with a loose hand. They say, Here is a Christians body, lying in a grave with no casket. b. i. Not only did they see Jesus after His death, but they saw Him in a manner which revolutionized their faith and trust in Him. We may request cookies to be set on your device. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. It wasnt so much that they thought Apollos was great, but that they were great for following him. This is due to the fact that grace is the source of peace. Their idolatry was to conceive of God as ultimate Reason, meaning of course what we deem to be reasonable. (Fee). God has called the weak and ignorant first, but not exclusively; shepherds first, then wise men; fishermen first, then the educated (like Paul, who was himself an educated man). 6. He kept to His gospel, because for those who believed it (. The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. Click on the different category headings to find out more. a. is simply a thing to be understood by spiritual, rather than by merely human perception. b. Greeks seek after wisdom: The Greek culture valued the pursuit of wisdom, usually expressed in high, academic, philosophical terms. He is the One who has called them into the fellowship of His Son, so He is the One who will confirm them to the end and present them blameless. Paul may be changing the names to protect the innocent, or to show mercy to the guilty. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then death has power over Him and defeated Him. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. I am of Christ: There was the Jesus Party, who declared You all are so carnal, following after mere men. if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Yet, we can see by this that, that he baptized so few in Corinth, and he, as an evangelist, could. ii. (24-28) The resurrection of Jesus leads to the resolution of all things. In this emphasis on Jesus, Paul promotes the sure cure for the problems of the Corinthians: getting your eyes off self and on Jesus. a. Paul: The apostle Paul follows the normal pattern for writing a letter in ancient times. The great Roman statesman Cicero said: The cross, it speaks of that which is so shameful, so horrible, it should never be mentioned in polite society. If we were witnesses to the trial of Jesus when the crowd was shouting out Crucify him! However, we never speak of the physical sufferings of Jesus to make us feel sorry for Jesus, as if He needed our pity. ii. Where does that atom go in the resurrection? But God does not need every atom of a mans body to make a resurrection body. Believers in Palestine are described this way (1 Corinthians 15:9), as well as the church at large (1 Corinthians 10:31-32). Paul quotes from an ancient, secular comedy play, Thais, written by Menander. The destruction of death was shown at the resurrection of Jesus, when, But when He says all things are put under Him, it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted, : Paul reminds us that the Son will not someday be superior to the Father. iii. ? There is nothing more uncomely, unlovely, and loathsome than a dead body; but it will not be so when it shall be raised again, then it shall be a beautiful, comely body. Were the ones really right with God! (Acts 18:24-25), iii. how God's power is perfected in our weakness. d. Is Christ divided? This speaks to the vital need described in Romans 12:2: ii. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. This passage also makes it clear that the individual doing the baptizing doesnt really affect the validity of the baptism. 2. The plain fact is that Paul did not know when these events would take place, and nowhere does he claim to know. How does His death do anything for our sins? iv. The sting of death lay in this, that we had sinned and were summoned to appear before the God whom we had offended. For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? also implies there were some people or some things which might want to snatch the true gospel away from the Corinthian Christians. We dont need to waver, we dont need to change direction, we dont need to fall, and we dont need to quit. The double speaks, as in 2 Corinthians 5:2, Romans 7:24, out of P.'s painful self-consciousness: cf. Sin is the ultimate cause of death (Romans 6:23, Genesis 2:17), and the, : This defeat of death is only possible for those who live. Yet, we can see by this that baptism is not essential to salvation. Yet, these positives were no great credit to the Corinthian Christians themselves. You must not only work, but you must labour put forth all your strength; and you must work and labour in the Lord under his direction, and by his influence; for without him you can do nothing. (Clarke). a. I thank my God always: Paul will later spend most of this letter rebuking sin and correcting error, yet he is still sincerely thankful for Gods work in the Corinthian Christians. It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentilesthat a man has his father's wife! (33-34) Knowing the truth about our resurrection should affect the way we live. "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Gods wisdom is not mans wisdom multiplied to the highest degree. i. Now, after preparing their minds for rebuke, acting like a good, experienced surgeon, who touches the wound gently when a painful remedy must be used, Paul begins to handle them more severely. (Calvin). for the Christians destiny. Let every pulpit rightly say, we preach Christ crucified! A strong church once inscribed these words on an archway leading to the churchyard. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. In the Septuagint it is one of the words used to denote the people of Israel in their religious character as Yahwehs assembly. (Bruce in his. How sobering this is! Surely, Paul remembered his converts, but the issue of baptism, though important, was not as important to Paul. : The Corinthian Christians had their strong points, and they had their weak points. The Corinthian people were also world known: for partying, drunkenness, and loose sexual morals. In putting the strong and wise and great to shame, God does not exalt the weak and uneducated and worthless, but brings all of them down to one common level. (Calvin). Secondly, it was right and proper for Paul to live as if the coming of Jesus was imminent, though he did not in fact know when Jesus would return. Sanctification speaks of our behavior, and how the believers are to be separate from the world and unto God. We dont find freedom by focusing on ourselves, because, He who glories, let him glory in the LORD, : Paul uses this reference to Jeremiah 9:23-24 to show that God did it all this way so that God would get the glory. all the credit for the change in His life. 3. But they were. c. To the church of God which is at Corinth: Notice the contrast: The church of God (something good), which is at Corinth (someplace bad). They could not have known this unless God revealed it to them. 5. That is of little importance to me, because I am not an apostle because of a popular election. And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour? (22-25) The wisdom of God, though foolish to the world, triumphs. Paul now will show why this is true of the cross and the message of the gospel. I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. : In a single moment, Jesus will gather His people (both dead and on the earth) to Himself, for resurrection. You can also change some of your preferences. Spiritual elitism is terrible, no matter whose name it is practiced in. God has made them all foolish through His wisdom. O Death, where is your sting? Everything good the Corinthian Christians have from God has come to them by grace. Grace means that God gives freely, for His own reasons. : Jesus made a special resurrection appearance to Peter (Luke 24:34). Dear friends, if such be death if it be but a sowing, let us have done with all faithless, hopeless, graceless sorrow Our family circle has been broken, say you. Conceivably, if Paul had not worked as hard as he did, the grace of God would still have been given to him, but in some measure it would be given. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. i. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. God isnt saying that it is better to be foolish or uneducated. There are not a handful of self-deluded souls; there are literally hundreds who saw the resurrected Jesus with their own eyes. The apostle was addressing Christians, and warning them to beware of the temporal judgements with which God chastised his offending servants. 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., O Death, where is your sting? Jesus was a unique case. The Corinthian Christians are called saints, but this isnt exclusive to them. If the cross doesnt seem strange to you, then you either dont understand how the cross was seen in Jesus day, or you dont understand who Jesus is. I will not fear thee, death, why should I? Instead of being torn apart, Paul pleads that they would be joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. a. ii. He compares his own case with that of the Corinthians: " We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we are despised, v. 10. iii. At some point before He died, before the veil was torn in two, before He cried out, ii. This may seem like a small distinction to us, but it must be an important distinction to God. is typical of Pauls letters, and draws from both Greek and Jewish customs. I Corinthians 15:3-6 " For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. So, preaching a high moral standard is not preaching the gospel, preaching the universal fatherhood of God is not preaching the gospel, and preaching the universal brotherhood of man is not preaching the gospel. But this is not necessarily the case at all. 1. Therefore, the resurrection of Jesus is not some add on to a more important work on the cross. ii. iii. Our resurrection body will be a heavenly (. ) A truly Christian minister will seek much more to do spiritual good to men's souls, than to get the greatest applause to himself. Remember though, that it was Jesus, not the Old Testament, which. i. This may seem like a small distinction to us, but it must be an important distinction to God. There was an old, contentious Quaker who went from one meeting to another, never finding the true church. i. Clarke on Chloe: This was doubtless some very religious matron at Corinth, whose family were converted to the Lord; some of whom were probably sent to the apostle to inform him of the dissensions which then prevailed in the Church at that place., b. Contentions among you: The Corinthian church suffered under quarreling and conflict. And with what body do they come? But God cannot be found through human wisdom, but only through the, : The Corinthians wanted to believe that the gospel itself was a sublime form of wisdom, as the Greeks considered wisdom (. Someone once said to him, Well, what church are you in now? He said, I am in the true church at last. How many belong to it? Just my wife and myself, and I am not sure about her sometimes.. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Why then are they baptized for the dead? Otherwise, you have believed in vain. Paul says, In light of what God says in Isaiah 29:14, ? ! Paul knew this by experience. v. Those who thus veil an unwelcome truth imagine that they make disciples, whereas they are only paying homage to unbelief, and comforting men in their rejection of divine propitiation for sin. But that the, : It would be strange and inappropriate for us to receive resurrection before Jesus. The relationship of, the Son Himself will also be subject to Him, i. is a softer way of describing the death of a believer, Paul tells us that not all Christians will die, but there will be a final generation who will be transformed into resurrection bodies at the return of Jesus before they ever face death. The Greek word has both a Gentile and a Jewish background. Even if this is the case, the picture fits. What of the dead in Christ before that day? iv. The actual Corinthian factions may have centered around people in the congregation, not the different apostles who ministered to them. They go there with the furrowed brow, the hollowed cheek, the wrinkled skin; they shall wake up in beauty and glory. (Spurgeon). I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end. The great gospel of Jesus Christ, the very power of God unto salvation made empty and of. Were the ones really right with God!, iv. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, it (and not from man, but from Jesus Christ, according to Galatians 1:11-12), and Paul. "Love is patient, love is kind" (1 Corinthians 13:4-8) is a favorite Bible verse about love.It is used often in Christian wedding ceremonies.In this famous passage, the Apostle Paul describes 15 characteristics of love to the believers in the church at Corinth.With deep concern for the unity of the church, Paul focuses on various aspects of love between brothers and sisters in the body of . Every Christian must take seriously their responsibility to not only have a good past, and a good present, but to determine to have a great future with the Lord, also. God loves them, bears them hearty good-will, and bestows on them his fatherly smiles and blessings. First, every day carefully consider the certainty of death. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Enduring Word Info iv. If there is no resurrection, then there is no future judgment to consider. ; it is a word that properly embraces all believers, over all time. 1 Corinthians 15:1-19 - The Gospel of Jesus Christ 1 Corinthians 15:20-58 - The Glory of the Resurrection 1 Corinthians 16 - A Collection and a Conclusion 1 2 Bible Commentary Quick Navigation Start Here! II. , and the church also started preaching Jesus the Great Man and Jesus the Moral Example instead of Christ crucified. b. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body" (15:42-44). Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. : A resurrected body is not a resuscitated corpse. viii. If it were if the teaching of baptismal regeneration were true then Paul could never thank God that he baptized so few in Corinth, and he, as an evangelist, could never say Christ did not send me to baptize. ? If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. He will destroy the wisdom of the wise, not bow down before it. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. This conflict had made them divide up into parties or cliques, each party having its own leader., i. Paul praises God for their positives, and expresses confidence that God will take care of their weak points, and, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, i. July 16, 2017 / by Enduring Word 1 Corinthians 13 - Agape Love. Apparently, some of the Corinthian Christians (probably those of the Paul Party) made a big deal of the fact that, lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. (39-41) The analogy of living and heavenly bodies. Session 1: The God of All Comfort. If Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins and remove our guilt, then why is the resurrection of Jesus so important? Paul will not allow this. Significantly, Paul did not say, we baptize for the dead, but asked, . But Hodge recognizes that Paul isnt necessarily referring to only believers of. (58) Final application: how our destiny of resurrection means we should stand fast for the Lord right now. i. We get our English word. ( 1 Corinthians) Lenski - The transition is simple and perfect. We dont need to waver, we dont need to change direction, we dont need to fall, and we dont need to quit. It is the heart shown in God when it is said of the Lord, The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance ( 2 Peter 3:9 ). We dont grow in sanctification by focusing on ourselves, but on Jesus, because Jesus became for us sanctification. Christ crucified was the ultimate oxymoron, and this was what Paul preached! How sobering this is! Fourth, every day seriously test your hope and experience. i. Paul faced all this for the sake of the resurrection of the dead, both Jesus resurrection and the believers. While our present bodies are adapted for the environment of time and earth, our resurrection bodies will be adapted for the environment of eternity and heaven.

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