The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-04-10

The LESSON TEXT.
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Rut NV n Christ risen from the ces@s
and become the nrst-fruits o. tAtH slA'
slept 49,
Enn came a.so the resurrection oi -
3ead
- Nov this ! sAy. brethren. ira nesn
ana bleed c4nnot inherit tie kihSoon
OF God neither doth corruption iLLefiS
inscription
81 Behold. ste~ you a m stery' Se
shall not AL sleep. but Nc shaA - 's
changed.
s.. In = moment. In the twlnki.ng o. an
eye. at the last rump for the trunape,
shall sound. and tbs dead sha. be 49,.
ncorrupiib.e. and &c shall rs 81 Anste
- For this corruptible mus yus on =
corruptscn. and this mortal mus b.' ~
IN Immortality.
81 So when this corrnptibse sfaa Lave
put on interruption. and this moEtAA $50
have put on Immortality. then sIaA DC
brought 10 pass the saying that - ~fissen'
Death - swallowed up in victory
-. y death. where - thy sim osia'1'
where Is thy victory
6 The sting o. death l. ain. anu 'Ls
strength OF sin Is the Law.
s.. But thanks be TO God. which svesn
Us thu victory through our Lofa 1es-
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Christ
- Therefore. rs beloved brethren. be sc
steadfast- unmoyable. always Astounding
In the work OF the Lord. forAsmueh As
know that your labor l. not III vain W rs
Lord
GOLDE TE xT-Now IL a riss rises
fro. The deas, asa ecos the urss
fruitsofshem that sIept.-1 Cor.l5s1"-
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
- - Or 1f-1.
Paul's Argument for lmmor-
taIi,y Cor. I5.I---t
What Immortality Atanz..--i Cor. la--sss
The Resurrection of Jesus.-Ihe
Christian world has come to have an
q abiding faith in the immortality OF
the soul. of life beyond the grave The
reasons for this faith nave never been
better summed up than by Pau IN the
fifteenth chapter of l Corinthians.
Read the whole chapter and you ~iii
have the whole truth rcgardingit Inc
first step in Paul's argument is the his
soric fact Of the resurrection of Jesus
christ had lived His short life here on
earth. died. as Paul says. for our sins,
was buried and rose again the third
DAY. At the time Paul was writing
\ there were nearly. il not quite, 200 VII
nesses Of the truth that Christ did rise
from the dead. 500 who saw Him alive
after He had been in the tomb three
DAYS. On this evidence, says TAU, We
preach, and We believe.
Paul-s Argument for Immortality
Paul goes on with his argument that
If Christ arose from the dead. then
those that said there was no rcsurrec'
ton could not have spoken truly. be
cause admittedly one. even Christ. had
risen. If Christ did moi rise. then are
Paul and the other apostles preaching
what is not true. and those who be
Iieved according 10 this preaching be
lievef what was not true 1t coult
hardly be that these men would s.
preach because most OF the 500 eye
Witnesses were still alive TO testify 4
either the truth or falsity Of TIL
preaching. II. on the other hand
Christ did rise. then Is the argumen'
of those who deny the resurrection
overthrow. and all those who liv'
right lives may hope for eternal hf'
with Christ. Man was made. argue
Paul. to be immortal. but through sir
the first man fell and forfeited eterna
life. Happily through another. the di
vine man Christ Jesus. is immortalit,
restored. Paul believed in life eternal
III he did not. let somebody answer hi
: question: why stand we in leopard.
every day?- He certainly was not risk
1 ing his life preaching an unpopula
doctrine which he knew 10 be untrue
BE not deceived" says Paul. for "evi
communications corrupt good man
I rers.- that Is. the Oft repeating Of
known falsehood musi ooner or late
show in the life. and recognizing thi
truth he exhorts his readers to "awak
10 righteousness. and sin not" III 1.-THE
believe themselves to have the truth
ii behooves them 10 live according I
their faith. TO show in their actions th
knowledge Of God they profess.
What Immortality Means-Pa,
: likens the immortal life To a seed. Fc
r the seed 10 live a plant. it must need
A FIRST die as a seed. Likewise to full
! attain unto the spiritual. our naturs
bodies must first be cast aside. FINAL
Paul declares that this being the cas-
we would look for the change wit
rladness but for sin. which is the stin
Of death Victory over sin whic
Christ can give means victory ovs
death Therefore be We steadfast. nj
movable. always Astounding in II
work OF the Lord"
CPItirfsws Of Life.