Scripture to Read: 1 Corinthians 15:35–38
In 1 Corinthians 15, God had Paul answer questions the believers in Corinth had about the glorified bodily resurrection that will happen to everyone who surrenders to Christ as Lord. God wanted all the saints to have a good picture of what’s to come. We read in 1 Corinthians 15:35–38, “But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” 36 You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies; 37 and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.” God had Paul answer the questions that people were asking in Corinth about the glorified bodily resurrection: “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” God, in His answer through Paul, lovingly rebuked those who could even ask such questions. God had Paul use a great illustration with the planting of seeds. When seeds are planted, they simply look like seeds and look nothing like what the seed will become. The seed has to die for life to come forth from it. After the seed is planted, God takes over, for He is the Creator of the seed and knows what He designed that seed to be. God gives the seed the new body He designed it to have. The same is true for our new glorified body.
Challenge & Application
If you have had questions about your glorified bodily resurrection, what did God teach you today that helped you the most?
From what you learned today, how has it changed your understanding of the glorified bodily resurrection?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!