1 Corinthians 15:44-52 The Incorruptible Seed Sprouts into Our Final Victory - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: September 25, 2011

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Life Lessons Referenced
Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 15:44)

Heaven should get into us before we get into heaven.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 15:45)

God's Spirit gives life.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 15:46)

God gave life to the first man, Adam. God gives life through the second Adam, Jesus.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 15:50)

If you are saved, you have a blood covenant with Jesus and an inheritance from God.

Life Lesson (1 Corinthians 15:52)

We should live ready. We should live knowing that life will one day suddenly, absolutely and radically change.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes
Hebrews 12:2 NKJV
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Philippians 1:21 NKJV
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21-25 NLT
21 For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. 22 But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. So I really don't know which is better. 23 I'm torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me. 24 But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live.25 Knowing this, I am convinced that I will remain alive so I can continue to help all of you grow and experience the joy of your faith.
Genesis 2:7 NKJV
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
John 20:21-22 NKJV
21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Genesis 2:7 NKJV
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man (in the Hebrew-Adam) became a living being.
Genesis 2:15 NKJV
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
Genesis 2:19 NKJV
Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.
Genesis 4:10 NKJV
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Genesis 3:21 NKJV
Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
1 John 3:1-2 NLT
1 See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him. 2 Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
Philippians 3:10a NLT
I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead.
Romans 8:16-17 NKJV
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
John 1:12 NKJV
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
1 Peter 1:23-25 NKJV
23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 24 because "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away, 25 But the word of the Lord endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
1 Peter 1:23 NLT
For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.
Isaiah 55:11-13 NKJV
11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
12 "For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
And it shall be to the Lord for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."
Isaiah 55:11-13 NLT
11 It is the same with my word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
12 You will live in joy and peace.
The mountains and hills will burst into song,
and the trees of the field will clap their hands!
13 Where once there were thorns,
cypress trees will grow.
Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up.
These events will bring great honor to the Lord's name;
they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love."
1 Corinthians 15:51 NLT
But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!
Philippians 1:21 NKJV
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21-24 NLT
21 For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. 22 But if I live, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. So I really don't know which is better. 23 I'm torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me. 24 But for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live.
1 Corinthians 15:52 NLT
It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.
1 Thess 4:17-18 NKJV
17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Thess 5:9-11 NKJV
9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. 11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
Revelation 22:12 NKJV
"And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.
Revelation 3:20 NKJV
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.


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