1 Corinthians 15:46

1 Corinthians 15:46

Consider:

I. The dispensations of revealed religion. "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." The gospel is more excellent than the law. The law was the shadow; the gospel is the substance. The law was bondage; the gospel is liberty. That was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural. First the law, and then the gospel first Moses, then Christ first thunder, earthquake, terror; then love.

II. In the second place, the upward progress is seen in Christian experience and the development of Christian character. The history of any thoughtful Christian soul, from the cradle to the grave, would manifest this.

III. This upward progress is seen in the increase of the spiritual kingdom in the world. The progress is not rapid. But let the Church of God calm her heart. Let us learn to wait and work. "He that believeth shall not make haste."

T. Jones, Penny Pulpit,new series, No. 659.

Reference: 1 Corinthians 15:46. F. W. Robertson, Lectures on Corinthians,p. 239.