Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-04-11
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
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Ap.i. II.
Subi;c:: The R.su-!:c lion. Cor. w. 70, 81.
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Lesson.
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Lesson.
l. Christ's resurrection affirmed Tvs. 20,
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20. Now is Christ risen" Paul begins
inns famous chapter with Il marshaling OF
me proofs OF the resurrection of Christ.
lie brings witness after witness, even 500
at one time, vino, during the forty days
between the resurrection and the ascension
20" Jesus, touched Him, heard Him talk,
ate with Him, walked with Him at differ.
ent tunes IN various PAGES. And many OF
THESE witnesses were familiar acGuaint.
ances. Later on Paul himself met Jesus
saw Him. heard Him. Jesus must be alive.
No event in all history has greater or more
convincing proofs than that Jesus rose
from the dead. Sight. hearing, touch, all
combined in the proof. Then, the Chris.
tan church. and indeed every convert and
every miracle. was I proof that a living
SSaV!oar WAS working IN the world. The
FIRST Fruits The FIRST fruits were the
FIRST ripe ears o. grain, offered under the
law Lev. 23: IL. III As L grateful acknow..
edccment TO God Tor His goodness. 1t was
the pledge and promise OF the whole har
vest. 30 Christ resurrection was the
pledge that TIE wno.e resurrection harvest
would follow. That slept \ most beau.
thu aud instructive term io- death. Gem.
tc"y means sleeping place. Death is called
s.eep because, l. In ho;a the person Is
UNCONSCIOUS Of the worldly activity around
INN. >. The soul continues To live. while
the body Is unconscious. 3. There j. to
be an awakening To new and fresh lie.
line Vory expression implies immortality
u. by man" II pleased God that in
some way humanity should within Itself.
however aided with divinity. work out its
own destiny, both for death and life in
Adam and in Christ. Game death"
Compare Rom ): 1919. with the narrative
in Gen. 9. by man-the resurrection"
Mortality came by Adam, immortality by
Christ; SO sure, as all have been subjected
TO natural death by Adam. so sure shall all
be raised again by Christ Jesus.
II. The incorruptible body Tvs. 5o-57).
30. This l say" The apostle shows
c.eariy that man in his present condition
cannot enter the portals of eternal glory
Flesh and blood" Man in his present
state OF infrmity and decav. with q body
His nature Is not capable OF enduring the
eternal weight OF glory" In order to be
abe to inhabit the eternal mansions man
must be immortal Kingdom OF God"
Heaven; appropriately called the kingdom
because lie will reign there in undivided
and perfect glory forever. Neither
doth etc. Our ordinary flesh and blood
Is by its very nature destined to corrup-
ton. 1t is not with such flesh and blood
that we can become partakers OF the in.
corruptible life.
81. 81. "A mystery" A truth not known
before, and even now that it is revealed it
j. too. deep for human reason to fathom
We. That is. the whole body of Chris
tians who are candidates for the glorious
resurrection. The use OF the word "we'' in
this connection does no. prove. as some
seem To think. that the apostle expected
to be alive at the coming o; Christ Not
all sleep. We shall not all die IAN be
changed Those who are alive at the dav
OF Judgment shall be changed SO that their
hodics of those who shall he raised from
the dead. "Twink,ing Of an eye" In an
instant OF time: rs soon rs person can
wlDk. The resurrection OF all the dead
from the foundation OF the world to that
time. and the change OF all the living then
upon earth. shall be the work, OF single
moment. last trump The trumpet
will be sounded on the last great day to
call the dead from their graves 1t was
probably never heard but once by human
ears. and that was AT Sinai fEv 10: l6-l9).
-. "a. This incorrIntih'c" The NOR
tai body is not DESTROYED and again created,
but It is clothed nnon' with immorta'ity.
It did not possess before. is written"
in Isaiah .: s. Swallowed GD.' Death
Is here pcrsoniiied and represented as
devouring being. swallowing up all the
generations OF men. and by the resurrec-
ton OF the body and the destruction of
the empire OF death. God is represented as
swallowing .;n,as. him mp. In victory" The
complete. The changed body will be N
incorrUptib,e. f2) glorious. (3) powerful.
a. spiritual body. (5l one like the body
Of the g.orified Christ What time of VIC
tory that Will he for the righteous,
1922 Thy sting. Quoted from Hosea
Is: IA. Death is here represented as nav
ing sting. 20 rrave-death" The r. V.
also transposes the two members of this
verse. "Sting-sin." Death could not have
entered into the world ii sin had not en-
tered first. and it is sin that has armed
death with its destroying force: by sin both
body. and soul are slain. The law" That
which gives sin its power Is the fact that it
IS the transsressIon Of the righteous law
OF an all-wise and all-ho,y being. There is
not Il ray OF light III the law for the sin
ner: the law proIouncos the death sentence
and shows 70 mercy. 'i,a.' The sinner
can rejoice that there Is One who has made
an atonement for sin AID thus made It pos
sib.e to deliver the transyressor from the
curse ard power OF the law. This i done
through the mercy OF God. and we should
give eternal thanks 10 His name for His
indispensable gilt. He giveth the victory
over Satan. death. he'll and the grave.
III. The church astonished e. So. rs.
Therefore" We come ROW to the conclu.
sion OF this wonderful chapter STEAD.
fast: BE settled and FIRM in your faith
in the resurrection. which some (v. l2l are
endeavcring TO overthrow "Unmovable."
Let nothing move you away from this
hope. OF the gospel which is given unto
you Always Astounding" Steadfast
means positive. intrinsic firmness; unmov.
able implies resistance to the mighties.
outward pressureS and fiercest onsets:
Astounding means energetic action. "Wore
OF the Lord" That which the Lord re.
quired; all the duties OF Christians. The
conversion OF sinners and the uphuildin1
OF the church. I'VE know" Christians
are positive people. They do not live in
uncertainty and doubt mot in vain"
Your labor will be rewarded There will
be 4 resurrection and then you will be
fully recompensed. The sentiment of the
whole verse is that the hope of the resur.
rection and OF future glory should stimu.
late us to great and self-denying efforts in
honor of Him who has revealed that doc.
trine. and who purposes to reward MS
there. Other men are excited to great cf.
forts by the hope of honor. pleasure or
wealth; Christians should be excited to toll
and selfdenial by the prospect of immor.
tai glory. by the assurance that their hopes
are not in vain and will mt deceiya tbon,