(1Co 15:48) “As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.”  If you have not repented which means to have a desire to turn from your sinful life, and asked the Lord God to save you through the death and resurrection of Jesus in your place, you remain earthy.

(1Co 15:46) “Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. (47)  The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.”  We each, as the offspring of Adam, are natural, alive in the flesh, yet dead spiritually. That life was brought to us through the very Lord from heaven. God in flesh died in the flesh, but was raised a spiritual flesh body. He promises the same for those who embrace Him as their only means of salvation.

(1Co 15:45) “And so it is written, [The first man Adam was made a living soul]  Brackets Mine; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”   The first part is a quote from Genesis. Man’s soul, as opposed to the soul of animals (Job 12:10) is eternal. But God’s world is a spirit world, for God is a Spirit (Jn 4:24). To dwell with God, we must be made spirit. Jesus, because He conquered death, gives life (quickens) to the spirit, thus saving the individual soul.

(1Co 15:44) “It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.”  A transformation shall take place when we are resurrected. This body we now possess is corrupt in so many physical ways. The spiritual body will have no such corruption. No wonder the Holy Spirit put this in the heart of Paul: (2Co_5:4) “For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.” 

(1Co 15:43) “It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:”   The Lord Jesus was condemned for sin He never committed and died the death as one who was worthy of execution; thus… “dishonor”. He, though God incarnate, allowed Himself to be crucified as one with no power to help Himself. He did that for you and for me, to bear our sins; to pay so we would not have to.

(1Co 15:43) “It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:”  Death is our dishonor. Physical death is the indication that we have sinned. The outward trend towards corruption – old age, is the sign that each one of us is under the curse for our sins. It is to our dishonor, for we have each sinned against our good and holy God.

 (1Co 15:41) “There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. (42)  So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:”  Notice the emphasis moved to the glory of these objects in the sky. It is then that the resurrection body is spoken of. Point: there is a glory to the resurrection body likened to the very objects of the sky! Praise His Name!

(1Co 15:39) “All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. (40) There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.” What is to be concluded? Answer: the resurrection body is unique in itself, different from that which we had before. We know it is not corrupt in desire nor in composition. It is eternal.

(1Co 15:38) “But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.”  “As it hath pleased Him”. Almighty God is Sovereign. Creation was for both His purpose and pleasure. It is His right to do as He will with each of us. The Bible says, (2 Peter 3:9b) “… not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”  Repentance is not “I am sorry”, but includes “I don’t want to do it anymore”. Such is not within our power but He can and will help the sincere soul after He bestows upon them the gift of everlasting life. Was that your desire when  you asked Him to save you?

(1Co 15:37) “And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: (38)  But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.”  Just think: God designed each and every life to come forth from a seed of some various types, for the “purpose” of teaching “whosoever will hear” of the resurrection! Praise His Holy Name!