THE GOSPEL: CHRIST DIED AND ROSE AGAIN 1 Corinthians 15:1 If 1 Corinthians 13:1 is a psalm of love, this chapter is a psalm of hope-a hope that cannot be ashamed. It is the most memorable argument in existence for the resurrection of the body. We need hardly stay to distinguish between this and th... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST'S RESURRECTION ASSURES OURS 1 Corinthians 15:12 The argument here goes to show, first, that our resurrection is intimately connected with Christ's. There must be such a thing, because he, as the representative of humanity, arose from the dead, in a human body which, though more ethereal in... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS BODY THE SEED OF A GLORIOUS ONE 1 Corinthians 15:29 The anticipation of the final resurrection enabled the early Christians to endure incredible sufferings. As one rank fell martyred, another was ready to step into its place; and the _catechumens,_ or young believers, took the names of the ma... [ Continue Reading ]
VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH 1 Corinthians 15:42 Life on the other side will be as real and as earnest as here. We shall not dissolve into thin mist or flit as bodiless ghosts. We shall each be provided with a body like that which our Lord had after, He arose from the dead. It will be a spiritual bo... [ Continue Reading ]