SO SHALL WE BEAR HIS LIKENESS
Keywords 15:49
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly
man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
1. Paul explains the principle of resurrection by the
analogy of the seed. When we garden, we don’t plant
vegetables or flowers, but their seeds. When the seed dies in the ground, it
rises to a new and more beautiful life. So our physical body is the seed of our
spiritual body. Our old body is like a perishable seed, full of weakness and
sin, but God will give each person a new resurrection body which is
imperishable, glorious, and powerful. When we apply the resurrection principle
to our life, we can bear fruit for God.
2. Our
natural body is from Adam; we bear his nature and image. As Adam was dust, so
are we. As he sinned and died, so do we. However, Jesus came to this world as
the last Adam; a life giving spirit, and recovered first Adam’s failure through his perfect life of obedience and
his atoning death on the cross for our sins. Through his resurrection, Jesus
became the giver of eternal life to those who belong to him. On the
resurrection day when what is mortal is swallowed up by life, he will give us a
glorious resurrection body like his. We will be transformed into a glorious
image of the risen Christ. There will be no more sin and death, but we will be
as glorious, humble, and loving as Jesus Christ our Lord. This is our ultimate
hope in Christ.
Prayer Lord, thank
you for the glorious hope of resurrection of our perishable body. Help me to
live by the principle of resurrection with this hope.
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