1 Corinthians 15:50-58New King James Version
Our Final Victory
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a [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 incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 “O[b] Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength 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 brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Word of God for the Children of God.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
Now, imagine for a moment, if you will, a caterpillar.
This small, fuzzy earthbound creature spends its days crawling on the ground, limited by its physical form. But then, a transformation occurs.
The caterpillar enters a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly, no longer bound to the earth but free to soar in the sky.
This is not just a change; it is a complete transformation, a metamorphosis.
In a similar way, we too, as believers in Christ, will experience a miraculous transformation. But our transformation will not be from a caterpillar to a butterfly. It will be from mortal to immortal, from perishable to imperishable.
Just as Jesus was raised with a body, we too will be raised. We will have new bodies, bodies that are not bound by the limitations of this world, bodies that are free to live in the eternal glory of God’s kingdom.
So, as we embark on this journey today, let us keep this image in our minds.
Let us remember the promise of our future bodily transformation, the promise that just as Jesus was raised with a body, we too will be raised.
Let us hold on to this hope, for it is the hope of our faith, the surest hope of our salvation, and the hope of our eternal life in Christ.
What is the meaning of 1 Corinthians 15 50 58?
1 Corinthians 15:50–58 powerfully concludes Apostle Paul’s teaching on the resurrection of Christians: when the last trumpet blasts and Christ returns for those who belong to Him. In that moment, all believers in Jesus, living and dead, will be transformed into the glorified, eternal bodies God has promised.
What is the lesson of 1 Corinthians 15 51 58?
Main idea: The Resurrection gives followers of Jesus a hope that the world does not have nor can it gift or give. The victory of Jesus means the death of death, and though we can still grieve, we do not grieve as those without hope.
While we are alive, our spirits are united with our bodies.
When we die, our spirits depart, and our lifeless bodies return to the earth. Is that the final destiny for our bodies?
Some religions welcome death as a release from the “prison” of the body.
But, according to the Bible, God made us to have both souls and bodies; moreover, he made our bodies good (Psalm 139:14).
So when the two are separated by death, we cease to be as God made us.
For that reason, we say, with the Apostles’ Creed, “I believe in the resurrection of the body.”
How can that be?
Our bodies are vulnerable and frail.
They break down and eventually just give out.
Yet our bodies remain integral to who we are as God has made us.
Without our bodies, we are no longer fully ourselves.
For all of us who believe in Christ, we can take great comfort that when we die, our souls will immediately be with Jesus.
And when Jesus returns, our bodies and souls will be reunited.
Then we will again be fully ourselves.
On that day, though, our bodies will no longer be frail and mortal.
Death will be conquered, and we will have “glorified” bodies, just like Jesus’ body at his resurrection.
In the name of God, the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit,
Praying …
The Lord’s Glory and Mankind’s Dignity.
For the music director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
8 Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
You who have [a]displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
2 From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have established [b]strength
Because of Your enemies,
To do away with the enemy and the revengeful.
3 When I [c]consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have set in place;
4 What is man that You think of him,
And a son of man that You are concerned about him?
5 Yet You have made him a little lower than [d]God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
6 You have him rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put everything under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen,
And also the animals of the field,
8 The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
Loving God, Living God, Loving Hope, Living Hope, Loving Living Life His Way! "Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues." - Brother Lawrence (1605-1691), Practicing the Presence of God (1692). 