mYSTERY AND VICTORY BOOK OF 1 CORINTHIANS LESSon #29Sermon Notes |
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Date of Sermon: March 2, 2014
Main Idea: Death is not an absolute certainty Key Verse: "Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed." 1 Corinthians 15:51 Bible Reading: 50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. Outline: I. A Mystery Revealed (50-53) A. Perishable bodies can't enter heaven (50) B. Not all will die; but all will be changed (51) C. Living & dead will become imperishable (52) D. Spirit dressed in eternal, perfect body (53) II. A Victory Rendered (54-57) A. Victory prophesied (54) B. Satan and death defeated (55) C. Freedom from sin and law (56) D. Jesus is the means to victory (57) III. A Responsibility Revisited (58) |