1. Studies in 1 Corinthians
OUR INCORRUPTIBLE BODY 1 Cor.15:35-49

2. Questions asked
Vs. 35, either Paul anticipated objections or he is answering arguments used by the false teachers
Two questions asked: 1) How are the dead raised? 2) With what body will they be raised?

3. How are the dead raised up?
36-41
Change common in nature
“Foolish ones” – failing to logically consider

4. How are the dead raised up?
36-38, What you sow is not made alive unless it dies
Consider the power of a seed!
The body changes (37)
But God gives it a body as He pleases (38)

5. How are the dead raised up?
39-41 All flesh is not the same!
Different kinds of flesh – men, animals, fish, birds, etc.
Celestial bodies (41, Psa. 147:4)
Terrestrial bodies (39, 2 Cor. 5:1, Phil. 2:10, 3:19)

6. How are the dead raised up?
39-41 Different “glory”
Splendor – what we are learning is incredible – both in the universe and living creatures

7. How are the dead raised up?
36-41 IF God can do this, He can create man with 2 bodies (a dual nature)
Man DOES have a dual nature (1 Thess. 5:23); Eccl. 3:18-21, 12:7, Matt. 10:28, Ac. 2:27-31

8. With what body will they be raised?
42-49
“So also is the resurrection of the dead.”

9. With what body will they be raised?
The body contrasted (42-44)
Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption – susceptible to decay
Sown in dishonor, raised in glory – how the body decays
Sown in weakness, raised in power – a body that wears down

10. With what body will they be raised?
The body contrasted (42-44)
Sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body – in this life we are flesh
There is a natural body and a spiritual body

11. With what body will they be raised?
First and Last Adam (45-49)
Adam and Christ contrasted
“The first Adam a living being” (Gen. 2:7) – given life
That he also had a spirit is found in Gen. 1:26-27

12. With what body will they be raised?
First and Last Adam (45-49)
“The last Adam a life giving Spirit”
Here Jesus gives us a spirit that will live on. Because He arose, so will we!

13. With what body will they be raised?
First and Last Adam (45-49)
Natural first, then spiritual (46)
Lesson: Man has a beginning! We WILL live eternally, but we have a beginning. NO reincarnation!

14. With what body will they be raised?
First and Last Adam (45-49)
The first man of the earth, made of dust (47) humanity!
The second man from heaven – our immortal soul a gift from God (as a result of the resurrection of Jesus).

15. With what body will they be raised?
First and Last Adam (45-49)
“As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust” (48)
“As is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly” - Our dual nature

16. With what body will they be raised?
First and Last Adam (45-49)
Lesson: NOTHING in this text to limit this to Christians only. 2 Cor. 5:10, Jn. 5:28-29, Matt. 25:46, Rev. 20:10, 14-15, etc.

17. With what body will they be raised?
First and Last Adam (45-49)
“As we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly man” (49) Our FUTURE includes a resurrection

18. Since we WILL be raised like Him, how will we respond to His death for us? (Gal. 3:27)