复活的身体
哥林多前书十五章35至45节
35或有人问：死人怎样复活，带着甚么身体来呢？
36无知的人哪，你所种的，若不死就不能生。
37并且你所种的不是那将来的形体，不过是子粒，即如麦子，或是别样的谷。
38但神随自己的意思给他一个形体，并叫各等子粒各有自己的形体。
39凡肉体各有不同：人是一样，兽又是一样，鸟又是一样，鱼又是一样。
40有天上的形体，也有地上的形体；但天上形体的荣光是一样，地上形体的荣光又是一样。
41日有日的荣光，月有月的荣光，星有星的荣光。这星和那星的荣光也有分别。
42死人复活也是这样：所种的是必朽坏的，复活的是不朽坏的；
43所种的是羞辱的，复活的是荣耀的；所种的是软弱的，复活的是强壮的；
44所种的是血气的身体，复活的是灵性的身体。若有血气的身体，也必有灵性的身体。
45经上也是这样记着说：首先的人亚当成了有灵（灵：或作血气）的活人；末后的亚当成了叫人活的灵。
信息分享
这是一个涉及自然常识的问题，所以保罗教导我们可以在花园或田地找到答案。一般人总是以为，死亡就是生命的终结；但我们从自然界得知的事实却刚好相反：死亡是带来生命的开始。例如，我们必须将种子埋在土里死了，种子才能生出生命，长成一株植物。换言之，除非人先死去，否则便不能够复活。
种子生出来的嫩芽或长成的植物，与原来的种子是完全两个样子。种子可能是黑色，或棕色，甚至是白色；但长出来的嫩芽却是绿色，而且比种子的体积要大很多。但我们种甚么种子，收的也是甚么果实。例如，种蕃茄的种子就长出蕃茄；种桃花的种子就长出一株桃花。我们如今所拥有的身体，是血肉的身体，但到了将来，我们就会有属灵的身体。如今的身体是一个会患病的软弱身体；但将来的身体，却是疾病不能侵扰的强健身体。
神把现在的血肉身体赐给我们；将来祂也会赐给我们属灵的身体。不要厌弃神所赐给你的身体；祂是特别为你而设计的。
死亡会生出生命，所以，随着我们肉身的死亡，我们就会复活。圣经没有告诉我们，在复活的时候，未信者的身体会怎么样；但我们知道信徒将有美好的身体，而最令人兴奋的，就是那身体将会像基督的身体一样。
祷告：
「主啊，求你帮助我在生活中认识你的复活大能，帮助我在这刻便能将新的生命活出来。」
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.