What Next?

Memorial Day weekend found Terry teaching about what’s next, based ultimately on 1 Corinthians 15. To listen to this message, simply click play on the audio player below. I’ve also included notes and links to BibleGateway for the verses he references. May it bless you richly!

What Next?

• Genesis 3 – man fell into sin & generally made a mess of everything
• God, in His love and mercy, made a way for fallen, sinful man to be reconciled unto Him – the blood of Jesus Christ
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23 – created in the image of God means that we are three parts (spirit, soul, body), just as He is three parts (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
• Ephesians 1:13-14 – the Holy Spirit brings salvation (comes to indwell those who believe), seals/marks us as the property of God (a down payment/earnest money for eternal life)
  • God bought us out of sin & death at a tremendous cost to Jesus
  • We are a purchased possession of God
• Spirit and Soul are made alive at the moment of salvation, but we are still looking forward to the redemption of the Body (which is dying every moment of every day)
  • It takes the grace of God to nurture this bag of bones over the finish line!
  • Romans 8:28 – our bodies breaking down is part of the humbling that we need to realize our need for the salvation that is found only in Christ.
  • The full, eternal, everlasting inheritance that we have in God includes redeemed bodies.
  • Our already redeemed spirit and soul are for us to be the salt and light for those who are still in darkness
  • Lamentations 3:22-23 – He will give us what we need to fulfill His purpose
• Two Resurrections:
  • John 11:25-26 – He that believes in Jesus will live forever.
  • John 5:28-29 – All that are in the grave (a temporary holding place) will be raised
  • 1st Resurrection – for God & His people (believers)
  • 2nd Resurrection – for judgment of those who reject Christ
• Philippians 3:20-21 – our citizenship is in heaven!
  • v. 20 – we eagerly wait for Jesus to return (fix our eyes on Him) – two ways to meet Him:
    • The Rapture
    • 2 Corinthians 5:8 – physical death
  • v. 21 – will change our lowly bodies to be like His glorious resurrected body
• 1 Corinthians 15:25-26 – the last enemy is death
• 1 Corinthians 15:50-52
  • flesh and blood cannot enter God’s presence (our earthly bodies are corrupted with sin)
  • we won’t all die (some of us will rise in the Rapture – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
  • Being with Jesus Christ is the hope of the believer.
• What’s next? Salvation now, but a new body to house that life that God has imparted unto us. Until then, be busy doing the Lord’s will.