We have faith in His blood! Now let's
return to 1 Corinthians 15:45-50:
We are
NOW sitting with Him, Christ
Jesus,
who is at the right hand of our
Father in heaven. That, dear Partner, is
the very heart and soul of the gospel
of the Kingdom. Remember what we
read in 1 Corinthians 15:27,
that He has
put all things under Jesus' feet? Now
read Ephesians 1:22-23 again:
22 AND HATH PUT ALL THINGS UNDER
HIS FEET, AND GAVE HIM TO BE THE
HEAD OVER ALL THINGS TO THE
CHURCH,
23 WHICH IS HIS BODY, THE FULNESS OF
HIM THAT FILLETH ALL IN ALL.
He is the Head, and we are His Body.
SO HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS UNDER
OUR FEET. Wait a minute, now. Never,
ever forget the fact that we are forever
His in a covenant ratified by the
precious, sinless blood of the Lamb
who, through His death, burial and
Resurrection, we are:
46 HOWBEIT THAT WAS NOT FIRST
WHICH IS SPIRITUAL, BUT THAT WHICH
IS NATURAL; AND AFTERWARD THAT
WHICH IS SPIRITUAL.
47 THE FIRST MAN IS OF THE EARTH,
EARTHY;
THE SECOND MAN IS THE
LORD FROM HEAVEN.
48 AS IS THE EARTHY, SUCH ARE THEY
ALSO THAT ARE EARTHY: AND AS IS
THE HEAVENLY, SUCH ARE THEY ALSO
THAT ARE HEAVENLY.
49 AND AS WE HAVE BORNE THE IMAGE
OF THE EARTHY,
WE SHALL ALSO BEAR
THE IMAGE OF THE HEAVENLY.
50 NOW THIS I SAY, BRETHREN, THAT
FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT
THE KINGDOM OF GOD; NEITHER DOTH
CORRUPTION INHERIT INCORRUPTION.
We are still talking about
the gospel
of
the Kingdom. Let's read on through
verse 57:
51 BEHOLD, I SHOW 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 TRUMP: FOR THE
TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND THE
DEAD SHALL BE RAISED
INCORRUPTIBLE, AND WE SHALL BE
CHANGED.
53 FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT
ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL
MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY.
54 SO WHEN THIS CORRUPTIBLE SHALL
HAVE PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND
THIS MORTAL SHALL HAVE PUT ON
24 BEING JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS
GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION
THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS:
25 WHOM GOD HATH SET FORTH TO BE
A PROPITIATION THROUGH FAITH IN HIS
BLOOD, TO DECLARE HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THE REMISSION
OF SINS THAT ARE PAST, THROUGH THE
FORBEARANCE OF GOD (ROMANS 3:24-
25).
45 AND SO IT IS WRITTEN, THE FIRST
MAN ADAM WAS MADE A LIVING SOUL;
THE LAST ADAM WAS MADE A
QUICKENING SPIRIT.
