
Sermon Title: The death of death
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:35-58
The Corinthians (and popular Christian view) see life as a 2-step process:
- Life on earth (finite)
- Life in heaven (forever)
The biblical idea about heaven sees life as a 3-step process:
- Life on earth (finite)
- Life in heaven (finite)
- Resurrection (eternal life)
Paulses uses 2 metaphors to help us understand what the resurrection body will look like:
- Agriculture. (vs.36-38)
- The visible world of creation. (vs.39-41)
Paul compares & contrast our current body with our resurrection body (vs.42-44)
- Perishable vs imperishable
- Dishonor vs glory
- Weakness vs power
- Natural vs spiritual
People make 1 of 2 mistakes when we think about death.
- We get really scared of death
- We think death is our friend
- We need to re-learn how to grieve and re-learn how to hope.
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