OUR DAILY BREAD : THE PLANTING

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September 6
Thursday


THE PLANTING

READ:
1 Cor. 15:42-53
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We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be
changed.
__1 Corinthians 15:51
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An 8-year-old boy, who was learning in school about the way plants grow, was intrigued when told how a tiny seed that germinates in the ground could later burst through the soil as a plant.

During that same time, he and his family attended the funeral of a family member. At the service, the pastor talked about the final resurrection of our bodies.

Several days later as the family traveled past the cemetery, the boy remarked, "That's where they plant people." Seeds planted in the ground and bodies buried at death had connected in his young mind.

The apostle Paul used this same illustration of planting seed to describe death, burial, and resurrection to the Corinthian church (1 Cor. 15). He said that even though the body of the believer in Christ is buried in the ground, it will one day be raised to new life (v.42). Our natural body is weak, but our spiritual body will be free from sickness, decline, and death (vv.43-44). Our new body will be glorified, endowed with power, and like Jesus' resurrection body.

We look forward to that day when the trumpet sounds, the dead in Christ are raised, and "we shall be changed" (v.52). As we anticipate that day, let's spread the good news of our victory over death through Jesus (v.56-57). __Anne Cetas
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~Our Savior's life for us was given~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~That we might one day bloom in heaven,~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Our mortal bodies changed to be~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~Like His through all eternity! __Spicer~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Christ's resurrection guarantees our own.

************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Corinthians 15:42-53********

42 So also is the
resrrection of the dead.
The body is sown in
corruption, it is raised in
incorruption. 43 It is sown in
dishonor, it is raised in
glory. It is sown in
weakness, it is raised in
power. 44 It is sown a
natural body, it is raised
a spiritual body. There is a
natural body, and there is a
spiritual body. 45 And so it is
written, "The first man
Adam became a living
being." The lst Adam
became a life-giving spirit.

46 However, the spiritual is
not first, but the natural, and
afterward the spiritual.

47 The first man was of the
earth, made of dust; the
second Man is the Lord
from heaven. 48 As was the
man of dust, so also are
those who are made of dust;
and as is the heavenly Man,
so also are those who are
heavenly. 49 And as we have
borne the image of the man
of dust, we shall also bear
the image of the heavenly
Man.

50 Now this I say, brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God;
nor does corruption inherit
incorruption. 51 Behold, I
tell you a mystery: We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed__ 52 in a
moment, in the twinkling of
an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound,
and the dead will be raised
incorruptible, and we shall
be changed. 53 For this
corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal
must put on immortatlity.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

First Corinthians 15 is Paul's great theological treatise on the
doctrine of the resurrection. It was his intent to give hope to the
believer by underlining the trustworthiness and reliability of Christ's
victory over the grave. His resurrection not only gives us life after
death, but the confidence to live life now to His glory. __WEC