Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

(1Co 15:30) “And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? (31)  I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. (32)  If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.”    Paul  believed and stood upon the truth of the death, burial, and resurrection so much, that saved His soul, that he was willing to suffer anything for that truth’s sake. What about you? What about me? Are we willing to do the same?

(1Co 15:30) “And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? (31)  I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. (32)  If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.”  Today for the most part, the emphasis of those sharing the gospel is that by faith they can go to heaven. Two things are normally either brushed over or overlooked altogether: one, the Lord suffered in the sinner’s place on the cross, dying for them; and two, Jesus rose alive again from the dead. It is because men hate and reject those two points.

 (1Co 15:29) “Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?”  In other words, (Rom_6:3) “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?” and (Rom 6:7) “For he that is dead is freed from sin. (8) Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:” 

(1Co 15:28)  “And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.”   Man desires “peace on earth”. Yet it will never comes as long as man’s spirit is dead and he lives in sinful flesh. It is not until those in Christ whose spirit is now made alive also receive their transformed bodies that such peace will be realized. Then shall every natural, lost man be removed to eternal torment.

(1Co 15:27) “For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.”  It is once again demonstrated to us that which we discern again and again in the Gospels: the Lord Jesus did not seek to glorify Himself; but Almighty God His Father. The world, yes, will rightly praise the Lord Jesus, the King of the Earth for a thousand years. Yet, in the end, it will God the Father Who will be exalted!

(1Co 15:25) “For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. (26)  The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”  This actually refers to two parts of God’s plan still future: First, the thousand year reign (v.25); Second, the end of the world (no more death), resurrection of the lost, and their judgment ending in the Lake of Fire (v.26).

(1Co 15:24) “Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.”  As our Lord Jesus conducted Himself as He walked among us 2,000 years ago, in submission to the Father; so will He during the 1,000 years He reigns upon this earth. Then at the end of the world He will continue to demonstrate that our Father is Lord over all. All will point to the Father in the New Heaven and Earth. 

(1Co 15:23) “But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.”  We know this is referring to the Rapture, for Jesus comes, just not down to this earth, which is why it is not to be refused with the Second Coming in which He does to reign as King. (1Th 4:16) “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 

(1Co 15:21) “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. (22)  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” The subject of verse 22 is the resurrection. “All” refer to those who believed in Jesus’ death in their place and resurrection from the dead: that is, believed unto salvation. Mere belief: no repentance for your sin causing Jesus’ death – no salvation; no resurrection.

(1Co 15:21) “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.” Here is the key to the divine plan. One man brought a sin nature passed on to his offspring. Following its promptings killed every single one. So, one man could also bring life from death. To do so they must start off the same: no sin nature and then both face sin with different results.