April 16, 2025

1 Corinthians 15:35-41  (HCSB)
The Nature of the Resurrection Body
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?” 36 Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain. 38 But God gives it a body as He wants, and to each of the seeds its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones. 41 There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for one star differs from another star in splendor.

Adrian Bullard
What an encouragement of faith Paul gives us here. Beginning with rebuttal questions people will ask about faith and showing how to answer them. Discipleship is simple, but we seem to complicate it too often. Show the love of Jesus. You never know what groundwork of faith God has laid in someone’s life, so by showing love and acting in love it gives the opportunity to converse. Faith is like a garden where some seeds are yet to be planted, some plants need water, some need trimming, and others are at full bloom. God says that love conquers a multitude of sins, so when acting in love and giving someone a little grace we just might have an opportunity to tell them “God loves you” or “Have a blessed day”.