For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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… in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true. Death has been swallowed up in victory. Oh, come on. We can clap for that, people. This is our destiny. This is our destination. This is what we have to look forward to. None of us are going to rot in a tomb. our ashes are not going to stay scattered in the woods. But in the twinkling of an eye, in an instant, we are going to be raised up and we're going to be clothed with immortality. because resurrection is our story and we are resurrection people. This is our hope. Newton taught us about gravity and its power to pull everything down. Jesus taught us about resurrection and its power to propel us into the heavenly heights. …
… verse 53 goes on and says, for this corruption, that is our mortal bodies, must put on incorruption. We need to be changed. And this mortal must put on immortality. 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. Oh, death, where is your sting? Oh, Hades or hell, where is your victory? Isn't that great? God is mocking. God's mocking the grave. Hey, I thought you were so powerful. I thought you were so cruel. Well, it is, but Christ broke the grave. The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law, but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ and all God's people said amen to that. Amen to that. Absolutely. And that strength is the righteousness of Christ, which is the technical term is imparted. Christ, by his work at the cross, imparts his righteousness to all who believe. …
… guys. We're going to keep going. Oh, I'm sorry. Back up. That was my bad. For this corruption must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruption has put on incorruption, and this mortality has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that it is written, death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your sting? O Hades or hell, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law, but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus satisfied the law. Listen, Jesus satisfied the law by his perfect life. He filled it up, so to speak, because he was perfect. He met all the demands of the law. Only God can do that. Only God can meet the demands of the law that he gave. Christ did that. And by doing that, he disabled sin because, listen, And by disabling sin, he satisfied the law. …
… The Apostle Paul helps answer this question in today's reading from 1 Corinthians. I'd like to read to you from 1 Corinthians 15, verses 50-58. Paul writes, I tell you this, brothers. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. …
… of the dead. But here's the question I'm going to try to answer. What is behind the word must in 1 Corinthians 15 53. This perishable body must put on the imperishable. This mortal body must put on immortality. So whose must is that? Whose necessity is that? It's not man's, you can't say that. You can't with any authority say, it must happen. Neither can the devil, there's only one answer. This is God's must, right? No argument. Nobody disagrees with this, I don't think. This is a divine Dei, back to Greek, divine must. this perishable body must put on the imperishable. And my question addressed, as I so often do in my Bible reading to God, why? I hope you're learning that question at Bethlehem College and Seminary. That's what we do here. We ask questions and try to answer them. That's education. So I'm going to try to answer that why question. Why must we be raised bodily from the dead? In four steps, they build on each other. So one by itself might not work. …