[Preacher] Jung Myung Seok
[Scriptures] 1 Corinthians 15:50-58
I declare to you, brothers and sisters,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,
nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
Listen, I tell you a mystery:
We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable,
and the mortal with immortality.
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality,
then the saying that is written will come true:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you.
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,
because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
The resurrection history is a history that comes as a result of death.
Death refers to physical death as well as spiritual death.
Additionally, a person who cannot function properly
even though they have thoughts, a body, a soul, and a spirit
is considered to be dead.
If an area that should have been developed was not developed, it is a dead area.
If it was developed, then it is an area that resurrected and came to life.
People too, a person who did not develop things they should have developed
is a dead person
and a person who developed is a living person who resurrected and came to life.
The period of suffering, the period of punishment is a dead period,
and if you get out of that period, you have resurrected.
In this way, dead things are described as parables,
and once you get out of there and become restored,
you are said to be resurrected or alive, which is an extreme expression.
How amazed, joyful, and thankful one would be
if a dead person resurrects and comes back to life, right?
In the same way, when dead things are restored and come to life,
it is as amazing, joyful, and thankful as a dead corpse coming back to life again.
Now, quickly burying the dead things and old things is
the greatest thing you must do.
Just as you would bury a dead person,
you will gain and celebrate with the Lord according to how soon you bury the old things.
I bless all of you to achieve the resurrection of the heart and spirit,
the resurrection of the body’s actions, and the resurrection of the faith
on the individual level, the family level, the national level, and the worldwide level.
