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In First Corinthians 15, Paul

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raises two questions posed by

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some of the Corinthians that he calls

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foolish. Thanks for connecting

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with today in the word. I'm John

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Gager kind of curious, as you may well

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be, too, about those two foolish

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questions asked of Paul. And

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here they are. Question one how are

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the dead raised? Question

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two with what kind of body will

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they come? To modern readers,

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these questions seem reasonable. Why

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would Paul call them foolish? Answer

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because they cast doubt on God's power

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and ability. The evidence for what God

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can do is found in what God has

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already done. In verses

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38 through 44, the apostle

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focuses on several analogies that point

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to creation for evidence that bodily

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resurrection is possible. How

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are the dead raised? Well, they are raised by

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God's power, just as the first

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bodies were God's creation. The

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resurrected body will be a new creation.

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Now, what kind of body will it be?

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The resurrection body, we're told, will be incorruptible.

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The form of the plant is unlike

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the seed from which it springs. Today,

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in the word we read in one Corinthians 15,

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verse 42, the body that is

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sown is perishable. It is

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raised imperishable.

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Boy, what a difference. Those who are

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in Christ will have what Paul describes

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as a spiritual body. He does not

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mean that it is immaterial. Instead,

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it will be a body created after the fashion

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of the last Adam, a life giving

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spirit. We do not need to have

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all of our questions answered. It's enough

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to know that the believer faces a

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destiny in which he will be

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like Christ. And isn't that what

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you want for yourself? I do to

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be more like Jesus. Well, in heaven

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with those resurrected bodies, we will at last

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be like Christ. You can

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