復活的身體
哥林多前書十五章35至45節
35或有人問：死人怎樣復活，帶著甚麼身體來呢？
36無知的人哪，你所種的，若不死就不能生。
37並且你所種的不是那將來的形體，不過是子粒，即如麥子，或是別樣的穀。
38但神隨自己的意思給他一個形體，並叫各等子粒各有自己的形體。
39凡肉體各有不同：人是一樣，獸又是一樣，鳥又是一樣，魚又是一樣。
40有天上的形體，也有地上的形體；但天上形體的榮光是一樣，地上形體的榮光又是一樣。
41日有日的榮光，月有月的榮光，星有星的榮光。這星和那星的榮光也有分別。
42死人復活也是這樣：所種的是必朽壞的，復活的是不朽壞的；
43所種的是羞辱的，復活的是榮耀的；所種的是軟弱的，復活的是強壯的；
44所種的是血氣的身體，復活的是靈性的身體。若有血氣的身體，也必有靈性的身體。
45經上也是這樣記著說：首先的人亞當成了有靈（靈：或作血氣）的活人；末後的亞當成了叫人活的靈。
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這是一個涉及自然常識的問題，所以保羅教導我們可以在花園或田地找到答案。一般人總是以為，死亡就是生命的終結；但我們從自然界得知的事實卻剛好相反：死亡是帶來生命的開始。例如，我們必須將種子埋在土裡死了，種子才能生出生命，長成一株植物。換言之，除非人先死去，否則便不能夠復活。
種子生出來的嫩芽或長成的植物，與原來的種子是完全兩個樣子。種子可能是黑色，或棕色，甚至是白色；但長出來的嫩芽卻是綠色，而且比種子的體積要大很多。但我們種甚麼種子，收的也是甚麼果實。例如，種蕃茄的種子就長出蕃茄；種桃花的種子就長出一株桃花。我們如今所擁有的身體，是血肉的身體，但到了將來，我們就會有屬靈的身體。如今的身體是一個會患病的軟弱身體；但將來的身體，卻是疾病不能侵擾的強健身體。
神把現在的血肉身體賜給我們；將來祂也會賜給我們屬靈的身體。不要厭棄神所賜給你的身體；祂是特別為你而設計的。
死亡會生出生命，所以，隨著我們肉身的死亡，我們就會復活。聖經沒有告訴我們，在復活的時候，未信者的身體會怎麼樣；但我們知道信徒將有美好的身體，而最令人興奮的，就是那身體將會像基督的身體一樣。
禱告：
「主啊，求你幫助我在生活中認識你的復活大能，幫助我在這刻便能將新的生命活出來。」
OUR RESURRECTION BODIES
1 Corinthians 15:35-45
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”
36 Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain.
38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Message
These are very natural questions. Paul says the answer can be seen in our garden or on our farm. In nature, life comes out of death. Men think that the opposite is true that death is the end of life. But you cannot have a resurrection unless you first have death. You cannot have a plant unless you have a seed. That seed must be placed in the ground and die. Then new life comes from it.
The new life or shoot will not look like the seed you planted. The seed may have been black or brown or even white. The shoot is green. The seed may have been very small. The shoot may be big, yet it came from the seed. As it grows it will always be exactly what you planted. Tomato seeds give tomato plants. Flower seeds give flower plants and so on. You will have your own body, but it will be vastly different. Now it is a natural body. Then it will be a spiritual body. Now it is a weak body subject to illness. Then it will be a powerful body which illness will never be able to touch.
God gave you your natural body. He will give you your spiritual body. Don't despise the body God has given you. He designed it just for you.
Life comes out of death, so resurrection will follow the death of our bodies. We are not told much about the bodies of the unsaved at the resurrection, but our own bodies will be wonderful. Best of all they will be like Christ's own body.
A PRAYER:
'Lord help me to know the resurrection power of Jesus Christ in my life today, helping me to live a new life now.