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1 Corinthians

Listen: 1 Corinthians 15: 12 Now if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is pointless, and your faith is pointless too. 15 Then we are even guilty of giving false testimony about God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if it were true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then it also follows that those who fell asleep in Christ perished. 19 If our hope in Christ applies only to this life, we are the most pitiful people of all. (EHV)

哥林多前书：15:12-19：12既传基督是从死里复活了，怎么在你们中间有人说没有死人复活的事呢？13若没有死人复活的事，基督也就没有复活了。14若基督没有复活，我们所传的便是枉然，你们所信的也是枉然！15并且明显我们是为神妄作见证的，因我们见证神是叫基督复活了。若死人真不复活，神也就没有叫基督复活了。16因为死人若不复活，基督也就没有复活了。17基督若没有复活，你们的信便是徒然，你们仍在罪里，18就是在基督里睡了的人也灭亡了。19我们若靠基督只在今生有指望，就算比众人更可怜。

我们在末日复活和我们罪得赦免是与耶稣从死里复活密不可分的。如果你否认耶稣的复活，你就是在否认自己的复活。如果你否认自己的复活，你就是在否认耶稣的复活以及罪得赦免，因为这些是都是藉着耶稣的复活带给我们的保证。保罗说一个不相信复活的信仰是空的，毫无价值。

       为什么在哥林多人中间复活会成为一个问题？很有可能和诺斯替教的教义有关，这个教义将所有物质需求都当作是邪恶的。死后灵魂的延续代替了对复活的盼望。这样一个哲学逻辑的结论是：耶稣只是在精神上复活，并没有在肉体上从死里复活。

       但这和圣经的教义相违背。约伯曾经有过优美的描述：“我知道我的救赎者活着，末了必站立在地上。我这皮肉灭绝之后，我必在肉体之外得见神。我自己要见他，亲眼要看他，并不像外人。（约伯记19：25-27）”耶稣的复活是真实的，不是假装的；我们在末日的复活也是真实的，不是假装的。

祷告：仁慈的耶稣，复活的主，我盼望末日复活的那天，我衰残朽坏的身体将会重新完美无缺。我最想感谢你的是，藉着你从死里复活，我确信我的罪得到完完全全的赦免！阿们。

      Our resurrection on the last day and our forgiveness is inseparably linked to Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. If you deny Jesus’ resurrection, you deny our own resurrection. If you deny our own resurrection, you deny Jesus’ resurrection, and the forgiveness of sins, which Jesus’ resurrection has guaranteed us. Paul says that faith without faith in the resurrection is worthless and empty.

Why was this an issue among the Corinthians? It was probably linked to the teachings of Gnosticism, which viewed all material things as evil.  The survival of the soul after death replaced the hope in the resurrection. The logical conclusion to such a philosophy would be that Jesus didn’t really rise from the dead physically, but only spiritually.

But that’s not what the Bible teaches. Job said it so beautifully: “I know that my redeemer lives,     and that in the end he will stand on the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another.”  Jesus’ resurrection was not a pretend resurrection, but a real resurrection. Our resurrection on the last day will not be a pretend resurrection, but a real resurrection. 

Prayer:   Gracious Savior, risen Lord, I look forward to that day when this rusted out body of mine will be made whole and perfect in the resurrection on the last day.  And most of all, thank you for making sure my complete forgiveness by your resurrection from the dead!  Amen.