1 Corinthians 15: 50-58
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 “O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
1. Historical Context
2. Doctrinal Depth: A Line-by-Line Theological Exposition
3. Application
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This saving repentance is an evangelical grace,4 whereby a person, being by the Holy Spirit made sensible of the manifold evils of his sin, does, by faith in Christ, humble himself for it with godly sorrow, detestation of it, and self–abhorrancy,5 praying for pardon and strength of grace, with a purpose and endeavor, by supplies of the Spirit, to walk before God unto all well–pleasing in all things.6
4 Zech. 12:10; Acts 11:18
5 Ezek. 36:31; 2 Cor. 7:11
6 Ps. 119:6,128
1.Abraham has a growing friendship with God
i)There is a deepening communication
ii)Abraham has a closer walk with God
Iii)Abraham’s faith in God grows stronger.
2.There was a furthering of the purposes of the kingdom of God.
i) The Gospel was more fully declared.
ii)God's covenant was more firmly established.
iii)God's family was built up.
1. He Is Eternal
2. He Is Part Of The Trinity
3. He Is Very God
4. He Is The Creator
1. Historical Context
2. Doctrinal Depth: A Line-by-Line Theological Exposition
- Stanza 1: The Foundation of Sovereign Grace
- Stanza 2: The Mechanism of Grace
- Stanza 3: The Perseverance of Grace
- Stanza 4: The Eternal Security of Grace
- Stanza 5: The Eternal Perspective of Grace
- Stanza 6: The Eternal Fulfillment of Grace
3. Application
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Such of the elect that are converted at riper years, having sometime lived in the state of nature, and therein served divers pleasures, God in their effectual calling gives them repentance to life.1
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Whereas there is none that does good and does not sin,2 and the best of men may, through the power and deceitfulness of their corruption dwelling in them, with the prevalency of temptation, fall in to great sins and provocations; God has, in the covenant of grace, mercifully provided that believers so sinning and falling be renewed through repentance unto salvation.3
1.The Commandment of God (vv.1-2)
2.The Obedience of Abraham (vv.3-10)
i)His obedience is unquestioning.
ii) His obedience was immediate.
iii)His obedience notice was thoughtful.
iv) His obedience was persevering.
v)His obedience was one of faith.
Zechariah 12:10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
1. The Apostle Paul’s Boasting In The Cross (verses 14-16)
2. The Apostle Paul’s Bearing For The Cross (verses 17-18)
1. Historical Context: The Battle for the Gospel
2. Doctrinal Depth: A Line-by-Line Theological Exposition
3. Application
1.A covenant is proposed (vv.22-24)
2.Issues of conflict are actively resolved (vv.25-31)
3.Abraham is able to lead a quiet and peaceable life (vv.32-34)
1. Christians Ought To Have a Burden For The Cross (verse 11)
2. Christians Ought To Go To Battle For The Cross (verses 12-13)
1. The Source: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly...
2. The Function: ...teaching and admonishing one another...
3. The Mode: ...singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…
4. The Posture: ...with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
1. The Crisis: The Flesh Mocks the Promise (vv.8-10)
2. The Decree: God’s Sovereign Choice (vv.11-13)
3. The Desperation: The Bankruptcy of the Flesh (vv.14-16)
4. The Deliverance: The Grace of the God Who Hears (vv.17-21)
Psalm 22:6-8
6 But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
8 “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;
let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”
1.The Warning Issued (v7a)
i) A Warning against deception
ii) A Warning against attempting to outwit God.
2.The Principle established (v.7b)
3.The Principle applied (vv.8-10)
1.The Background of the Book
2.The Content of the Book
3.The Life and Times of the Prophet.
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This faith, although it be in different stages, and may be weak or strong,11 yet it is in the least degree of it different in the kind or nature of it, as is all other saving grace, from the faith and common grace of temporary believers;12 and therefore, though it may be many times assailed and weakened, yet it gets the victory,13 growing up in many to the attainment of a full assurance through Christ,14 who is both the author and finisher of our faith.15
11 Heb. 5:13–14; Matt. 6:30; Rom. 4:19–20
12 2 Pet. 1:1
13 Eph. 6:16; 1 John 5:4–5
14 Heb. 6:11–12; Col. 2:2
15 Heb. 12:2