Sermon Discussion | 1st Corinthians: Part 25 - 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 15:12-34 Main Idea: A maturing church affirms the reality and the necessity of the resurrection. Questions to Consider: Do you find yourself doubting Christ’s resurrection? 3 reasons to believe the resurrection Lack of Jesus’ corpse The appeal to the eye witnesses The suffering of the apostles Do you find yourself hopeful in your own resurrection? QUESTIONS: 1. I was just curious after today’s sermon, in regards to death being defeated with the resurrection, is death a person? Or is death referring to the situation? 2. Jason, it sounded like you mentioned that believers wouldn’t be with the Lord until he comes in the clouds. But, doesn’t the scripture say that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord? Can you clarify? 3. I have a question about the passage discussed today. When we are resurrected, we will have real, physical bodies both like and unlike our current ones in certain ways? I have heard some who ascribe various supernatural abilities to our glorified bodies (e.g. walking through walls) because Jesus seems to do this during the 40 days post-resurrection. Since the resurrection is so crucial and the likeness of our resurrection with Christs is a part of that (e.g. Romans 6:5), would you be willing to summarize your thoughts on how our resurrected bodies will be like and unlike our current ones? Thank you for listening and sending in your questions. As a reminder you can send your questions to SermonQuestions@ubcbeavercreek.com.