ii. Paul uses this exact phrase five other times in the New Testament. But resurrection means that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. All rights reserved worldwide. (1-2) Preface to the proclamation of Pauls gospel. b. This may seem like a small distinction to us, but it must be an important distinction to God. Because it was becoming a divisive issue, Paul was therefore grateful that he had not baptized very many in Corinth (lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name). He wrote a letter to the Christians in Corinth from the city of Ephesus (Acts 19), which is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 5:9. They were not the spiritual achievements of the Corinthians, but the work of the. (12-13) The resurrection of Jesus proves there is a resurrection. But God did not respond to the polling data. It was prosperous, busy, and growing; it had a deserved reputation for the reckless pursuit of pleasure. This is proving himself the servant of Christ. Paul writes this letter from Ephesus, where these people from Chloes household visited and told him about the condition of the the Corinthian church. But they still were known as. ii. . ii. These bodies which are subject to disease, injury, and one day decay, are unsuited for heaven. Christ: This is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew word for Messiah, or Anointed One. This is the One prophesied by the Old Testament Scriptures, sent by the Father to save and deliver us. Those baptized by the great apostle Paul had no advantage over those baptized by some unknown believer. Instead, with loving heart, he begs them he pleads with them to be unified as believers. 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. The work of God in the Corinthian Christians could be seen by what they said, by what they learned, by a supernatural element in their lives, and by their expectant anticipation of Jesus return. And if one lets go of the gospel, all their. True wisdom isnt about getting smart. Gods wisdom is received in and through the person of Jesus. It was common in the ancient world to dictate a letter to a scribe who would write it all down. iii. But largely, the smarter one sees himself, the less regard he has for God. This is not some side doctrine, to be believed if one likes it. It predates the writing of the Gospels, Acts, and Revelation by decades. - The point is that reliable people have claimed to have seen the resurrected Christ in the flesh (sarx) and upon that confession we have come to believe. The Corinthian Christians are, , but this isnt exclusive to them. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Significantly, Paul did not say, we baptize for the dead, but asked, . a. Paul: The apostle Paul follows the normal pattern for writing a letter in ancient times. See passages such as Numbers 16:3, Numbers 20:4, Deuteronomy 23:1, and 1 Chronicles 28:8. iii. a. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Jesus was a unique case. They know Jesus rose from the dead., followers of Jesus before His Ascension, though Acts 1:15 mentions only the 120 who were in the Jerusalem area. Where is your disputer of this age? i. For I delivered unto you first of all . a. But all that is temporary. This Pauline letter is one of earliest writings in the New Testament, alongside his Thessalonian correspondence. Were the ones really right with God! (Acts 18:24-25), iii. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. c. Sosthenes our brother: This man Sosthenes is perhaps mentioned in Acts 18:17, as the head of a Corinthian synagogue who was beaten because he protected Paul. It is the heart shown in God when it is said of the Lord, The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance ( 2 Peter 3:9 ). That Paul did not regard baptism as essential to salvation is also seen by the fact that he did not keep careful track of those he baptized: Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. b. ii. d. I have fought with beasts at Ephesus: The book of Acts does not record an occasion when Paul faced wild animals in an arena. Christians must let the Word of God shape their thinking, not the evil company of this world. For believers, the promise is sure: we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. Corinth had a rich ethnic mix, and it was a center for sports, government, military, and business. Corruption cant inherit incorruption. It is as if he says, You all may not recognize my apostolic credentials. a. I plead with you, brethren: Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you." a. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. : The Corinthian Christians had their strong points, and they had their weak points. God raises the dead. ii. Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? 3. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? ii. 4. ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-2) Preface to the proclamation of Paul's gospel. I am an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, not the will of any man.. 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission. ii. 3. a. A thousand times no. Paul replies, how foolish can you get? I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. . Yet in the first chapter of Acts, Jesus brothers are among the followers of Jesus (Acts 1:14). For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloes, : Chloe was a woman (probably a Christian) whose business interests caused her representatives (those of her. ) 1 Corinthians 15 NIV by Max McLean 0:05 8:06 Set Timer 1x Free download. The path for Gods glory is Christ crucified; the evidence of Gods glory is His choice of the lowly. Evil company corrupts good habits: This is not a quotation from the Old Testament, or even from the words of Jesus. is the other head of the human race, and Jesus brings resurrection to all that are under His headship. The ancient Egyptians, at the end of a big banquet, often escorted a wooden image of a man in a coffin around the tables, telling people to have a good time now, because youll be dead sooner than you think. Instead He rose. So, even though our resurrection bodies come from our present bodies, we should not expect that they will be the same bodies or just improved bodies. It doesnt matter if you get the praise or the encouragement; sometimes you will and sometimes you wont. b. If death has power over Jesus, He is not God. We can follow Pauls logic point-by-point: If there is no principle of resurrection, then Jesus did not rise from the dead. Paul was in Athens a day or two; he stayed in Corinth for a year and a half. Where does that atom go in the resurrection? But God does not need every atom of a mans body to make a resurrection body. Fourth, every day seriously test your hope and experience. iv. c. The world through wisdom did not know God: There is a constant tendency to think that the smartest and wisest humans will know the most about God. Jesus does not belong to any one party. These cliques ignore the truth of unity over all diversity in the church, even if they were all in the name of spirituality. ix. Or were you baptized in the name of Paul: Even more foolish than dividing Jesus is to center parties in the church around men. ii. i. Lord: A title designating not only master and boss, but also the Lord revealed in the Old Testament (known as Yahweh or Jehovah). Paul shows how the resurrection of Jesus not only proves His own resurrection, but it proves the, If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. 2. Apparently, some of the Corinthian Christians (probably those of the Paul Party) made a big deal of the fact that they had been baptized by Paul. Now I say this, that each of you says, I am of Paul, or I am of Apollos, or I am of Cephas, or I am of Christ. Is Christ divided? This is a question Paul doesnt really answer in the following verses, because the answer is obvious. If the cross doesnt seem strange to you, then you either dont understand how the cross was seen in Jesus day, or you dont understand who Jesus is. But every man Shall be reanimated, raised, and glorified; in his own order Or in his own band, as more properly signifies, denoting a band of soldiers, a cohort, or legion; the word for order being rather . (39-41) The analogy of living and heavenly bodies. iv. Crispus believed on the Lord with all his household (Acts 18:8), and was saved. 6. This is not always the case; some of the most brilliant men of history have been Christians (such as Isaac Newton). So he was fired from or quit his job as ruler of the synagogue! explains why animals do not rise in the resurrection. Crucified meant weakness, defeat, and humiliation. The disputer of this age was the man who wanted to dispute every issue and solve it by human reason. (Mare). a. The Gospel of Matthew; The Gospel of Mark; The Gospel of Luke; The Gospel of John; The Book of Acts; The Book of Romans; The Book of 1 Corinthians . Therefore, if Jesus is not risen, He is unable to save. As is evident from 1 and 2 Corinthians, Pauls standing and authority as an apostle were not appreciated among the Christians of Corinth. However, we learn something just from the meaning of the ancient Greek word " apostolos ," which has the idea of "a special ambassador." Paul was a "special ambassador" of Jesus Christ to the world and to the church. Those who insist that we must change the emphasis of the gospel because people cant relate to it today must realize that the people of Pauls day couldnt relate to his preaching either, yet he kept it up, and with great results. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. iv. a. f. His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord: In these first 10 verses, Paul refers to Jesus in every verse, for a total of 11 times. i. The words message of the cross sound kind of noble and religious to our twentieth-century ears. i. This remarkable, instant gathering of Christians unto Jesus in the clouds has been called the rapture, after the Latin word for caught up in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18. ii. This is not to say the other apostles were lazy (although some of them may have been), but that Paul was an exceptionally hard worker. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. i. We may request cookies to be set on your device. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. Ironside says that the last trumpet was a figure of speech that came from the Roman military, when they broke camp. It isnt. ( John 15:1-3) Jesus as the true vine . (Read 1 Corinthians 14:15-25) There can be no assent to prayers that are not understood. David has been happy to be part of the Blue Letter Bible . Yet He was no phantom; He had a real flesh and bone body. a. : We dont often think of the burial of Jesus as part of the gospel, but it is. Paul, knowing death is a defeated enemy because of Jesus work, can almost taunt death, and mock it. Three glimpses of the bodys glory were seen, in Moses face, in Christs transfiguration, and in Stephens countenance. (Trapp), iii. I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. The Corinthians boasting about their party leaders was really boasting about themselves. But the ancient Greek word for, i. Without grace there is and can be no peace, but when grace is ours, peace must of necessity follow. (Lenski). All flesh is not the same flesh: There are all different kinds of bodies in Gods creation, including celestial bodies. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. The growth of the ivy, covering the message, showed the spiritual decline. One day, students in one of Albert Einsteins classes were saying they had decided that there was no God. Were the ones really right with God!, : There was the Jesus Party, who declared You all are so carnal, following after mere men. His boasting is both, (that is, in the Corinthian Christians) and, . Paul quotes from an ancient, secular comedy play, Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God, : For Christians to resist Gods process of transformation by the renewing of our minds is to neglect the knowledge of God. What is there wise (in the Greek sense of wisdom) about a crucified Messiah?. The person who is gifted with prophecy is the person whom God has inspired to speak His words to people in their own language. iii. Pottery and Corinthian brass (a mixture of gold, sliver and copper) from the city were world famous. Death is a defeated enemy because of the work of Jesus, an enemy that will one day. He is. 7. When Jesus came upon the tomb of Lazarus, He, . For those who are not in Jesus Christ, death still has its, . Their desire for deliverance was not bad, but their rejection of Gods way of deliverance was. b. How different for the Christian! Death is defeated by resurrection. 1. You see that the mark of a child of God is that by the grace of God he is what he is; what do, His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, : Though grace made Paul what he was, Paul still, i. But Hodge recognizes that Paul isnt necessarily referring to only believers of his day with all; it is a word that properly embraces all believers, over all time. We are following in the footsteps of no one less than Jesus Himself. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. a. Therefore be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord: Because we know death is defeated and we have an eternal, resurrected destiny with Jesus Christ, we should stand firm and unshakable all the more for Him right now. This speaks to the vital need described in Romans 12:2: do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. This conflict had made them divide up into parties or cliques, each party having its own leader., : There was the Paul Party, who declared We are following in the footsteps of the man who founded our church, the apostle Paul. : The cumulative testimony of these witnesses is overwhelming. Those who feel called to rebuke sin and correct error in the church today should follow Pauls example. c. Since we will bear the image of the heavenly Man, the best example we have of what a resurrection body will be like is to see what Jesus resurrection body was like. i. Paul faced all this for the sake of the resurrection of the dead, both Jesus resurrection and the believers. Even more foolish than dividing Jesus is to center parties in the church around men. The burial of Jesus is important for several reasons. This is due to the fact that grace is the source of peace. ii. after His death. They were not looking for the message of the cross. II. For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister (Hebrews 6:10). They, iii. Or were you baptized in the name of Paul. ? Later, James became a leader in the church in Jerusalem (Acts 15:13-21; 21:18). So, he persecuted the church before being confronted by Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9). He establishes the certainty of our Saviour's resurrection, ver 1-11. d. Those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved: The verb tenses of are perishing and are being saved are significant. Let him die the death of a dignified man. A well-known piece of graffiti in Rome shows a worshipper standing next to a crucified figure with the body of a man and the head of an ass, and it says, Alexamenos worships his god. This is how foolish the Greeks saw the cross. ( 1 Corinthians) Lenski - The transition is simple and perfect. : This truth is essential to the gospel. Finally, have all your affairs in order so that you are ready to die. Does we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed mean that Paul predicted Jesus would come in his lifetime? It was impossible for the Apostle to preach the gospel without presenting the message of the cross. . No one was present in the tomb with Him when His body transformed into a resurrection body. Everything good the Corinthian Christians have from God has come to them by. When Paul came to Corinth in A.D. 50 the city was famous for hundreds of years before he was born. Raised in incorruption raised in glory raised in power: Our resurrection body will be glorious! Session 6: Paul and Titus. Paul knows that he is not one of the twelve apostles, but he is on par with them because, like them, he is chosen by God. (Robertson), An apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, : With this, Paul emphasizes his point and already begins contending with the Christians of Corinth. i. Paul will tell the Corinthian Christians something they could not have known by reason or research. But that the, : It would be strange and inappropriate for us to receive resurrection before Jesus. 8. But in the first century, saying message of the cross was about the same as saying message of the electric chair except worse! As noted above, in this chapter Paul deals both with Christ's resurrection (15:1-11) and with our own (15:12-58).

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