let's pray father god thank you for this opportunity to gather here today
and to hear your words being preached please bless pastor please bless the
message help us to keep distractions to a minimum
and open our hearts and ears to your word
in the name of jesus christ we pray amen
amen all right well we're there in uh first corinthians chapter number 15
and we every every time we have church here we'll
read an entire chapter of the bible together even when it's a lengthy
chapter because that's why we came to church
right to read and study the bible i know most churches will minimize the
reading of scripture but we take the time to read it in its
context that way you know you're not being
fooled or misled and first corinthians 15 is a
is a well-known chapter you know you will find that throughout the bible
uh different chapters have different themes and different chapters are known
for different things and first corinthian 15 is known as the
resurrection chapter it's the the chapter is not the only chapter but
it's the chapter that focuses on the subject of the resurrection
you begin the chapter talking about the resurrection of the lord jesus christ
and you finish the chapter with the idea that because christ was resurrected we
will be resurrected as well now if you remember we last week we began
a series entitled the afterlife and we are studying what the bible teaches
about what happens after this life we're looking at heaven and hell
and last week we began with an introductory sermon on the subject of
preparing to die and how to be ready for the day of our
death today we're going to talk about the glorified body next week we're going
to talk about heaven all right so i want you to be here next week
we'll be looking at what the bible teaches about heaven and what heaven
will be like but today we're going to deal with our
bodies because the bible teaches that if you are saved when you die
you will one day be resurrected or you will be raptured up
and your body will be transformed and you'll be given a new
glorified body and this morning to be very honest with you is going to be
a lot of bible and i know i say that every week and we look at a lot of bible
around here and i'm going to try to help guide you through but even more than
usual we're just going to it's going to be
like a real bible study we're going to study this out i'll make some
applications at the end that'll feel more like a sermon
more like preachy on sunday morning but i want you to notice what the bible
says you're there in first corinthians 15
look at verse number 35 first corinthians 15 and verse 35 notice what
the bible says but some men will say how are the dead
raised up and with what body do they come so
notice the question is how are the dead raised up
and with what body do they come that's where paul begins to talk about this
idea of a new body a glorified body notice
verse 36 thou fool that which thou sowest now the word so
means to plant all right and he's about to give us a an
illustration he's going to give us a picture here
to help us understand the resurrection of the bodies and the body in which we
come he gives us illustration of a seed he
says it's like a seed that you plant notice
he says that which thou sowest is not quickened the word quicken means
to be made alive he says that which thou sowest is not
quickened except it died he says you take that seed
that seed has no life in it that seed is dead
and it is planted and it is buried under the ground
and eventually it springs forth as new life that's the illustration look at
verse 37 and that which thou sowest and thou
so is not that body that shall be but bear grain
it may by chance of wheat or of some other grain
here's what he's saying when you sow a seed you don't expect
that what's going to spring forth is the same as the seed that you put in
he said that seed is going to change you put a little tiny seed in the ground
and you bury that thing and you water it and you and you let the sun shine upon
it and he says it comes out as a plant it
comes out as in as a tree it comes out in a
different body in a different way look at verse 38
but god giveth it a body as it has pleased him
and to every seed his own body all flesh is not the same flesh
but there is one kind of flesh of men another flesh of beasts
another of fishes another birds and i'm not preaching on this this morning but
here's a great verse that shows us that at men and animals
are not equal i know today we live in the society
where people want to elevate animals to the place of men and
you know we got all these liberals running around they get mad because they
test you know a shampoo on a rabbit or
something they don't care about the fact that three
thousand babies are being aborted every day
you know and we live in the society where you want to equate animals with
humans but here the bible tells us hey it's a different it's a different
flesh he said look at verse 39 all flesh is not the same flesh
but they're sorry i know i told you it's gonna be bible study but i gotta get a
little preaching but there is one kind of flesh of men
another flesh of beasts another of fishes another of birds look at verse 40
there are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial
but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial
is another there is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon
and another glory of the stars for one star different from another star
in glory try to remember that phrase we're going to try to come back to that
at the end of the of the sermon look at verse 42 so
also so he's a he says in the same way he says so also in the resurrection of
the dead it is sown in corruption see when you
die you are planted you are buried and he said it's sown in corruption your
body is sown the word corruption means to rot to spoil
is that not what a body does it decays as it is buried
under the ground he says it is sown in corruption
it is raised in incorruption it is sown in
dishonor the word dishonor means shame or disgrace
it is raised in glory this is one of the reasons we call it the glorified body
and there's other passages and references to that it
is sown in weakness it is raised in power it is sown notice
a natural body and it is raised a spiritual body i want
you to remember that as well there's a natural body and there's a
spiritual body there is a natural body and there is a spiritual body look at
verse 45 and so it is written the first man adam
was made a living soul the last adam that's the lord jesus christ
was made a quickening spirit how be it uh that was not first which is spiritual
but that which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual the first man
is of the earth earthy the second man is of
the lord from heaven and as is the earthy such are they also that are
earthy and as is the heavenly such are they also
that are heavenly so he's explaining to us
that we're going to receive a new body it will be
a changed body is that the one you have now
is is corrupted he said you'll have an incorrupted the one you have now
is with dishonor you'll have one that is with power
you have a natural one you'll have a spiritual one i'll keep your place in
first corinthians 15 we're going to come right back to it
but go with me to second corinthians chapter number five second corinthians
chapter number five let me say this as you turn there
the bible does not give us a lot in regards to uh what happens
in the afterlife i know we're preaching a whole series on the afterlife but in
comparison to you know all of the verses and chapters
and bible uh all the advice that god gives us to
how to live on earth the bible talks a lot about being
saved here on earth as far as your spiritual salvation
talks a lot about marriage and raising children and your finances and just how
to live the christian life as far as you know
what comes in the afterlife we're not given a lot
all right in fact paul said that we look through a
glass darkly he says we're not able to see
everything uh exactly the way it's all going to play out
but we are able to see some things and you know there in second corinthians
chapter five i want to show you something
in verse one the bible says this second corinthians five look at verse one
for we know that if our earthly house now i want you to notice he talks about
your earthly house he says the place you dwell here on earth now he's not talking
about your house where you live all right he's talking about your body
the place where your soul your spirit uh dwell he says for we know
that if our earthly house and i'll prove that to you in a minute that he's talking
about our body of this tabernacle now what's a
tabernacle a tabernacle is a tent i want you to understand he's talking
about our bodies and he equates it to a tent he says for we know that if our
earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of god
and in a house not made with hands eternal
in the heavens skip down to verse number six just for sake of time
verse number six notice what he says therefore we are always confident
and and we're skipping verses for the sake of time but i would encourage you
to read this in context it's all the same thing notice
what he says therefore we are also confident knowing that
whilst we are at home remember he talked about this earthly house
he says while we are at home notice in the body you see that
so he says your body is your earthly house
we are absent from the lord for we walk by faith not by sight we were saying
we are confident i say and willing rather to be absent from the body
and to be present with the lord here's what i want you to understand paul
refers to our body here on earth our earthly house
as a tabernacle he says you live in what's the equivalent of a
of a tent here on earth now in john 14 you don't have to turn there
jesus gave these famous words let not your heart be troubled do you believe in
god believe also in me he says this in my father's house are
many mansions if it were not so i would have told you
i go to repair a place for you it may be and i'm not going to sit here
and tell you this is for sure without a doubt
and i'm not trying to burst your bubble either but it may be
that the mansions that jesus was referring to
in heaven is the same building that first corinthians five
uh uh uh six i'm sorry five one where he says we have a building of god
and house not made with hands it may be that the mansions is a reference to our
glorified body i know some of you are like really you
know i want to have like a tennis court i
want to have you know i was finally look i i may be wrong all
right and i'm not you know hopefully we get to heaven
you get a nice big mansion hey praise the lord for it you can come and tell me
hey you you were wrong but i'm telling you it may be i don't really see why we
would need a big old mansion up in in heaven you know and have people go
around and look at our houses and things like that
it may be that god is referring to because here he says look
what you have right now is the equivalent of a tent
he says your body right now it's like a tabernacle it's like a tent
it's like you're out camping somewhere he said but one day
you're going to go from the tent to the mansion and it's an illustration as to
the difference the body you have now you know you say what's the value of it
it's like a tent he said but but the value you'll have then it's like a
mansion it's a building made not with hands it's
the building of of god eternal in the heaven so
you take that as you like and if you're just like no
absolutely not it has to be a mansion and i already got it all
you know decorated and i don't know what the colors are gonna be oh look that's
fine all right i'm not here to try to mess you up with that
but uh that that may be a reference there go back to first corinthians 15
all right first corinthians 15 it's not a big deal
to me we don't need to argue about it all right first corinthians 15
louis verse number 49 here's what we do know
our glorified body will be similar to christ's glorified body
and the bible doesn't tell us a lot about our glorified bodies
but we do get a lot of insight into christ's
glorified body and in first corinthians 15 49 the bible says this
and as we have borne the image of the earthly
he says in the same way that we are similar to uh
adam the image of the earth he says he says and as we have borne the image of
the earthly we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly he says in the same way that our bodies are physically similar
to that of adam and eve he said our bodies will physically
be similar to that of the heavenly adam or of the
last adam the lord jesus christ now this isn't the only place that shows that let
me show it to you in other passages you're there in first corinthians 15 go
to the book of philippians you got first and second corinthians
galatians eph
from whence also we look for the savior the lord jesus christ look at verse 21
who shall change our vile body notice that it may be fashioned like
unto his glorious body according to the working whereby he is
able even to do all things unto himself so notice his
body is referred to as a glorious body as we call it a glorified body
we're raised in dishonor we are raised in
glory but here we are told that he will change our vile bodies
that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body so it'll be
fashioned it'll be patterned after it'll be
similar to his glorious body let me give you another verse
to prove that point go to first john chapter number three now if you start at
the end of the bible the book of revelation and you move
backwards you're going to go past the book of jude
it's one chapter and then you'll be in first second and third john
find first john chapter number three first john
chapter number three and look at verse number two
first john chapter number three and verse number two
first john chapter number three and verse number two notice what the bible
says first john three two beloved now
are we the sons of god that's talking about salvation and by the way you can
know that you are a son of god you can know that you are saved
he says beloved now are we the sons of god but then he says this
and it does not yet appear what we shall be he said
we have not yet seen what we shall be but we know that when he talking about
jesus shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him
as he is you see that so it's very clear in scripture
that when jesus christ comes back which that's the day of the rapture the
resurrection when we are changed into our incorruptible bodies we
shall be like him for we shall see him as he is
our vile bodies shall be changed and fashioned like unto his
glorious body as we have borne the image of the earthly
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly so here's what we know
the glorified body uh we know we will be given a glorified body and the
glorified body uh may be the mansion that jesus was
referring to if that's all right with you and our
glorified body will be similar we know this that it will be similar to
christ glorified body but let me give you just
one more thing go with me to the book uh let's see where do i want you to go
you know what go to the book of luke real quickly like i said we're going to
look at a lot of passages this morning so i hope you're getting
ready to read and study the bible go to luke chapter number 24 all right
in the beginning of the new test we've got matthew mark
luke luke chapter 24 let me give you one more thing
on on that our bodies will be similar to christ glorified body now we get
insight into christ glorified body because
jesus on this earth walked in the equivalent of a tabernacle he walked in
a earthly man's body but after he died
and was resurrected he was resurrected in his glorified body he was resurrected
in his changed body or his uh his heavenly body so we get some insight
into his glorified body by studying what g how the body of jesus
was different after the resurrection because remember he
he was on this earth for some time after the resurrection
we can see how his body was different after the resurrection than it was
before his death but before we get into that i
just want to show you how his body is still similar you're
there in luke chapter number 24 look at verse number 36 luke chapter 24
and verse 36 this is jesus after he he is appearing to his disciples
after his resurrection the bible says luke chapter 24 and verse
36 matthew mark luke luke 24 36 and as they thus spake jesus himself
stood in the midst of them and say unto them peace be unto you but
they were terrified and frightened and supposed that they had seen a spirit
so they they think they're seeing like a ghost all right because they just saw
jesus die three days ago right they they and now
his body's missing and all of a sudden he appears in the
midst of them and they're afraid and they're uh supposed that they had seen a
spirit verse 38 and he said unto them why are you
troubled and why do your thoughts arise in your hearts behold
my hands and my feet that it is i myself handle me and see
for a spirit hath no hath not flesh and bones
as you see me at so i want you to understand something
that the spirit body is still a body in the sense that jesus still had
flat notice what he says uh look at the anniversary nine
he says a spirit hath not flesh and bones as you see me have
okay now i don't have time to get into this you're gonna have to say this on
your own a spirit in the bible it has no body
but in first corinthians 15 we're told about the natural body versus the
spiritual body the bible seems to indicate that the
spiritual body is still a body in the sense that
there's flesh and there's bones he's telling them
you're not seeing a ghost you're not seeing a vision he said it's
really me look at verse 39 again behold my hands and my feet he's showing them
the fact that his hands were pierced and his feet
were pierced at his death he says that it is myself
handle me and see for spirit hath not flesh and
bones as you see me have notice verse 40 and when he had thus spoken
he showed them his hands and his feet and while they yet believed not for joy
and wonder he said unto them have you any meat
now the word meat in the bible is referring to food he said you guys got
anything to eat and they gave him a piece of boiled fish
and of honeycomb luver 43 and he took it and did eat before them
so in his glorified body he still had flesh he still had bones and then notice
he's still leading and that's good news for some of us you
know because i'd hate to go to heaven and just not eat anymore you know
i like to eat you know and it's nice to sit down every once in a while and have
a nice meal or something and i'm glad to
know that in heaven in our glorified bodies
we'll still be eating because the lord jesus christ was still eating now you're
there in luke turn back with me to the book of
matthew so you're going to go past mark into matthew
let me give you one more okay and i'm trying to to
explain to you the things we do know and the things that we
suspect okay here's what we know you will receive a glorified body
here's what i kind of think i think that the mansion that jesus refers to is
your glorified body i'm not going to tell you that's without a doubt that's
that's gospel i think that is what he's referring to
but you can study that out on your own but here's what we do know you will get
a glorified body here's what we do know our glorified bodies will be similar to
christ glorified body we know that the bible spells that out
but here's something else that i kind of think may be true
i think that our glorified bodies may also be similar
to the bodies of angels now i didn't say that we become angels or that we are
angels but our bodies may be similar to their
angel to the bodies of angels matthew 22 look at verse 30 matthew 22
and verse number 30 notice what the bible says for in the resurrection
that's talking about when we're resurrected when we're raptured matthew
22 verse 30 for in the resurrection
they neither marry nor are given in marriage and in heaven you will not be
married remember your vows were till death do
us part once you die you're not married anymore
for in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage
my wife is happy about that you know she's like in heaven not only will we
not be married we're not even gonna be friends
she's like you know we need we need at least 10 000 years before we hang out
okay you know but in the resurrection they neither
married or given in marriage notice what it says
but are as the angels of god in heaven now you may say well that's only
referring to the marriage part and that may be true
but here's what and i'm not going to run all verses i'll let you study this out
on your own as you as you watch the descriptions of
christ in his glorified body and you also watch and listen and study
the descriptions of angels you will find that they are very
similar they look alike so it may be that in heaven our glorified bodies will
be similar to the bodies of angels say why is that
important it's important because we get to see angels
in the bible and we get to see some characteristics that we'll look at this
morning so here's what we know we will get a
glorified body here's what we're not sure about or at least i'm not sure
about but i lean towards the fact that our
bodies will be our dwelling place like they are here on earth
and that's the mansions that jesus referred to here's what we do know the
glorified body will be similar to christ's body
here's what may be true or i tend to lean towards
is that our bodies will be similar to the bodies of
angels all right uh so let's let's let me just give you and we're going to jump
into some characteristics of the glorified
body here in a second but let me just give you
uh some famous descriptions of glorified bodies
throughout the bible you're there in matthew 22 flip back to matthew chapter
17 matthew chapter 17 and look at verse
number one we are given some insight into some
glorified bodies in the bible i want to just look at them quickly
so you can kind of get an idea of what we're talking about matthew 17 and
verse 1 is the famous passage about the mount of
transfiguration all right let's look at it together matthew 17
verse 1 and after six days jesus taketh peter james and john
his brother and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart
and was transfigured the word transfigured means transform is the same
idea that he was changed before them so here's
what jesus understand at the mount of transfiguration for that
short amount of time that they were up there jesus
transformed his body from the earthly tabernacle that he dwelt in here on
earth to his glorified body he basically
transfigured or changed himself to show them
how he would be in glory notice what it says and was transfigured before them
notice how he changes his face did shine as the sun
and his raman was white as the light and of course we see that moses and elijah
show up there as well for that mount of transfiguration but i want you to notice
when his body was transformed his face did shine as the sun and and his
raman was as the light now keep your place
there in matthew we're going to be spending some time in matthew mark luke
and john but go to the book of revelation
revelation chapter one let me show you another description of jesus and his
glorified body after his ascension after jesus returned
back uh to heaven and like i said it's kind of
bible study this morning and i apologize i'll preach a little bit at the end but
i want you to see these things after jesus ascended up to heaven
he appeared several times one was to paul we won't take the time to look at
that in the book of acts one was to john when he was basically
uh asking him or commissioning him to write the book of revelation
revelation chapter one in verse 12 john gives us a description
of who he saw revelation chapter one look at verse 12
and i turned to see the voice to speak with me revelation should be fairly
easy to find last book in the new testament
and i revelation 112 and i turned to see the voice to speak with me because he
hears a voice and he turns around to look at it and
being turned i saw seven golden candlesticks
and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the son of
man the son of man is a title that was given to the lord jesus christ okay
here's another thing i want you to understand i do believe that our
glorified bodies will look similar to our bodies here uh today
you know we'll be able to see you and recognize you for who you are now they
will be changed all right uh and i don't know the
extent of that i know that in heaven there is no
disease i know that in heaven there is no sickness
if you have a cancer here on earth your glorified body won't have cancer
i don't i don't think it'll necessarily have scars or blemishes or think
the book of job uh seems to indicate that and we're not going to run those
verses uh this morning we just don't have time but uh you know
jesus kept the marks on his hands and on his feet i think
god did that on purpose to be able to show us you know this is christ he died
but our glorified bodies are going to be changed but i think we will be able to
recognize each other i i do believe that obviously they
won't be corrupted so anything any problems that your body
has whether it's sickness whether it's disease
you know whatever it may be will not be there but it will still be you it will
still look like you know i'm kind of hoping my glorified body is maybe a
little taller you know what i mean uh but but who knows you know but you'll
be able to look at me and identify hey that's pastor he meant it so you'll be
able to look at you and identify yourself because notice
look verse 13 and in the midst of something candlesticks
one leg unto the son of man he said i saw someone that looked just like jesus
here's why because it was jesus clove with a garment down to the front
and great about the paps with a golden girdle his head and his hair were white
like wool notice that his head and his hairs were
like white like wool some of you're like i'm already getting to my glorified
body i already got white hair you know his head and his hair were white like wool
as white as snow notice this and his eyes were as a flame
of fire could you imagine that that's like hollywood you know and by the
way you know quit watching all the stupid movies and
just read the bible it's better here the bible tells us about jesus and
could you imagine looking into the eyes of jesus and it's just like
fire it's just light his eyes were as a flame of fire notice verse 15
and his feet like undefined brass as if they burned in a furnace
and his voice as the sound of many waters i want you to remember that
because we're going to see another description that's similar to that
look at verse 16 and he had in his right hand seven stars
and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance
talking about his face was as the sun shineth in his strength
isn't that similar to what we saw in the modern
transfiguration right i want you to notice that there's a theme about these
glorified bodies they all shine okay and we're going to talk about that at
the end of sermon look at verse 17 and when i saw him i fell at his feet as
dead that's what i would do if if this guy shows up you know and he
laid his right hand upon me saying unto me fear not
i am the first and the last i am he that liveth and was dead and behold i'm alive
forevermore amen and have the keys of hell and of
death now go to the book of daniel daniel chapter number 10 in the old
testament towards the end of the old testament
you got those major books of the prophets isaiah
lamentation ezekiel those big books isaiah i'm sorry isaiah jeremiah
lamentations ezekiel and then you got the book of daniel all right
isaiah jeremiah lamentations ezekiel and then you got the book of daniel
daniel chapter number 10
someone shows up to daniel and looks very similar to the lord jesus christ
uh description in revelation chapter one notice what the bible says
daniel chapter 10 look at verse 5 then i lifted up my knives
and looked and behold a certain man clothed and litten
whose loins were girded with fine gold of ufaz
notice verse six his body also was like beryl
and his face as the appearing of lightning what's lightning
it's light shines he said his face was like the appearance of lightning
and his eyes as lamps of fire you see that
see these aren't contact uh contacts right you know he's not putting
something in there it looks funny he got eyes as lamps of fire and his
arms and his feet like in color to polished brass
and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude
all right in revelation we're told that his voice
was as the sound of many waters we're told that his
uh feet were like brass so it's a very similar so i want you to understand
this glorified body is is is an interesting thing to look at i mean it
looks like a human being but it's shining it's got the eyes are
like light its faces is shining it's got all these
uh different descriptions now go with me to the book of john matthew
mark luke john we've gotten into all that so let's let's look at
quickly some of the characteristics of glorified body now again
we're going to look at some things that jesus did and some things that
angels did and we're assuming well we know that our bodies will be like christ
so what we're we're trying to look at you know the things that
christ's body was able to do as a glorified body
maybe things that you and i will be able to do with our glorified body
and they're kind of interesting things to look through john chapter number
20 look at verse number 19 in the new
test we got matthew mark luke john now let me warn you all right
this is what we're going to get a little into the supernatural
you might call it sci-fi it's just the bible all right but it's interesting
things all right john chapter number 20 look at verse
number 19 john chapter 20 and verse number 19 notice what the
bible says then the same day at evening being the first day of the week this is
after the resurrection of christ okay because jesus did not do any of these
things before his resurrection once he resurrected he's in his
glorified body that uh then the same day at evening being
the first day of the week when the doors were shut now look
everything is in the bible for a reason nothing is in the bible just by accident
or just by coincidence it's all in there for a reason god tells
us things and god makes sure to tell us in this
passage two different times when jesus fears that the doors were shot
all right these guys have been following jesus for
and jesus just got put to death they are afraid
they think the jews are coming after them next they think they're going to be
put to death they are hiding the doors are shut
they're locked they're in hiding notice what the bible says verse 19
the same day at evening being the first day of the week when the door when the
doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for
fear of the jews notice came jesus and stood in the midst
and say unto them peace be unto you now skip down to verse 26 all right in
verse 26 we have another time that jesus appears to them look at
verse 26 and after eight days this is another
appearance again his disciples were within and
thomas with them because thomas skipped out on
a sunday night church last week so he got he didn't get to see
jesus you know but now thomas is there then came jesus notice
the door is being shut he makes sure to tell us the doors are shut
the doors are closed and stood in the midst and said
peace be unto you something that we can get
from this passage is that it appears that the glorified body
has a metaphysical type of ability where god where jesus is basically just
walking through walls walking through doors the doors are
shut but he just walks right in and it emphasizes it in two different
passages two different meetings the doors were
shot but he just came in and stood in the midst the
doors being shot and stood in the midst and said peace be
unto you so i don't know you say how does that
work i don't know i can't explain it to you i can just tell you what the bible
says but here's what i can tell you jesus was just walking through walls
walking through doors you try to lock him out and he's like i'm coming right
through you know hey guys how you doing you know so what
there may be that our glorified bodies have the
ability to walk through material like walls
doors things of that nature you're there in john go to luke go
backwards in your bible to luke the book the book right before
it luke chapter 24 let me give you something else that's a little different
something that you and i aren't able to do
luke chapter 24 now in luke 24 you've got two disciples walking down the
road to emmaus and jesus basically walks with them and
they don't know the bible says their eyes were holding and they were not did
not recognize them and he's basically talking to them and
he's explained to them that the messiah that christ was supposed
to die that these things were supposed to happen
and in verse 30 the bible says this and it came to pass luke 24 in verse 30
as he sat at meat with them he took bread and blessed it and break and gave
to them so they're going to have a meal right because we already saw jesus
eating uh fish look at verse 31 and their eyes
were opened and they knew him that's this is jesus after his resurrection
notice what the bible says and he vanished out of their sight you see that
so this is not something jesus did while on earth
you know in fact the bible tells us jesus when he was preaching one day
and and they tried to throw him off a cliff he he he just kind of blinded the
people's eyes and he walked through them to get away from the jews that were
trying to kill him but here in his glorified body when they
see him he just vanished he just disappears so we see jesus in his
glorified body he has the ability to walk through walls
we see jesus in his glorified body he has the ability to
appear and disappear uh you're there in luke 24 look down at
verse number 51 luke 24 in verse 51 notice what the
bible says luke 24 in verse 51 luke 24 in verse 51
notice what it says and it came to pass and it came to pass
while he that's jesus blessed them isn't a resurrected body he was parted from
them notice what it says and carried up into heaven
it seems the bible seems to indicate that jesus had the ability to fly
after his resurrection i know you guys are thinking yourself pastry man is
this is ridiculous what is this x-men you know
what is this superman but here's what you need to understand you know
it's it would make sense that the world would take things like this and mock
them and make fun of them or make it for children
because that's what the satan does if anybody knows the abilities that jesus
has in his glorified bodies or the abilities that you and i may have in our
glorified bodies it would be sated so it would make sense
that he would just make a mockery out of it
and make it cartoons and make it movies and make it this and make it that
that's what i'm telling you you you say well if i if i don't if i if i start
being a fundamental baptist you know i can't watch spider-man anymore i can't
watch x-men anymore i can't watch a new superman movie hey read the bible you
got jesus flying up in this in the air you say well he was ascended up that
was a uh that was just a one-time event his ascension you know it's a well known
thing but here's the thing the bible tells us
that he ascended several times because if you remember and i won't take
the time to show it to you but if you remember you can study this out on your
own when he appeared to mary magdalene he said to her
don't touch me because i've not yet ascended up to my father
but then later he shows up to the disciples and he's like handle me
he's like handle my hands and my feet see that it's really me
he said put your hand to your side so now he's saying go ahead and touch me he
tells her don't touch me i haven't ascended yet
he tells them go ahead and touch me what happened between that he ascended up to
the father you know yeah we we believe that he did
his priestly uh job of taking the the blood of the
sacrifice and sprinkling it uh seven times in the holy place there
just like the the priesthood did in the mosaic law
and then he came back down he spent several several weeks with them
here on this earth and then the bible tells us he ascended up
again not only are we told of jesus ascending and there's multiple passages
we could look at we won't i'll just show you those but the
bible also tells us that angels fly matthew 28 look at verse 1
you're there in luke head back to matthew 28 you're going to go past mark
and and and uh and into the book of matthew matthew 28 look at verse 1
matthew 28 verse 1 in the end of the sabbath as it began to dawn toward the
first day of the week came mary magdalene and the other mary to
see the sepulcher and behold there was a great earthquake
and the angel of the lord notice descended from heaven
and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it so he's
coming down from heaven he's flying through the air
keep your place there in matthew 28 we're going to come right back to it go
to revelation chapter 14 revelation should be fairly easy to find
last book of the of the new testament revelation chapter 14
look at verse 6 revelation chapter 14 and verse 6 notice what the bible says
revelation 14 6 revelation 14 says this and i saw another angel fly
in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people
here we're told that the angel is flying in the midst of heaven
we obviously know that we come back at the battle of armageddon
jesus comes back on a white horse and we are on horses
and we are descending from heaven you say
flying people are crazy how about flying horses
i mean this is just the things the bible tells us it's supernatural
but it seems to indicate that these glorified bodies have the ability to
just walk through walls have the ability to just vanish out of
you know out of someone's sight or appear
have the ability to fly to ascend up to heaven and to come back down
and to descend from the from the heaven go back to matthew 28
look at verse number two matthew 28 verse number two let me show you one
more odd thing and then we'll get into
something well a couple more odd things and then we'll get into
something a little more normal matthew 28 look at verse two
the bible seems to indicate that these bodies have supernatural strength
and what i mean by supernatural strength is that you know
it exceeds the strength of a normal human being
you know even a strong you know like like me i'm a pretty strong
person right but but it exceeds that's a joke okay you can laugh
good night okay but you know you but but this
these bodies can can have supernatural strength in the sense that they can do
things that normal humans aren't able to do in their mortal bodies
matthew 28 look at verse 2 and behold there was a great earthquake
for the angel of the lord descended from heaven we saw that now notice what he said
and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it so this
angel shows up and then he rolls back the stone himself
now here's what's interesting about that go to mark chapter number 16 i know
we're looking a lot of verses but i i gave you a warning mark 16 look at
verse 4 some people were like i didn't come to
church for this i always think that's funny
we were like i didn't come to church for this for what
to study the bible you know when people complain about you guys look at way too
many verses i'm like good night you are not going to make it
here mark chapter 16 look at verse 4 mark chapter 16 you got matthew mark
mark 16 look at verse 4 mark 16 verse 4 and if you're not able to keep up we
record these sermons you can review it at home if you'd like
mark 16 verse 4 and when they looked they saw
that the stone was rolled away and they're worried these ladies are
worried how are we going to roll the stone away
for it was very great some other times a big stone
heavy stone and this angel just rolls it on his own
he said well maybe the ladies were weak well maybe they were but go to psalm 103
psalm 103 let me give you one more verse on this and then we'll move on to
something else psalm 103 look at verse 20 you open up
your bible just right in the center you're more than likely following the
book of psalms psalm 103 look at verse 20 psalm 103
verse 20 notice what the bible says psalm 103 and verse 20 psalm 103 verse 20
bless the lord ye his angels notice what the bible says that excel in
strength the bible tells us that angels excel
or are above what we would consider normal strength
they excel in strength that do his commandments hearken
unto the voice of his word so here we're told the angels are described
as being those that excel in strength go back to matthew chapter 13
look at verse 43 matthew chapter 13 verse 43
so here's what we know we got a glorified body the bible tells us that
here's what we think the glorified bodies are probably the reference to the
mansions that jesus said we're going to receive
that building made without hands that building uh
that that is eternal as opposed to the tabernacle we're in now we know the
tabernacle is a reference to our body and that building in heaven may be a
reference to the mansion um here's what we know our glorified
bodies will be similar to christ glorified body here's what we
can think or maybe assume is that they'll probably be similar to the
bodies of angels because they seem to be fairly similar in description we uh
we we we know that jesus and his glorified body was able to walk
through walls were able to appear and disappear
was able to fly we saw the angels flying we saw the angels having supernatural
strength go to matthew 13 look at verse number 43
let me give you the last characteristics of these bodies
these kind of supernatural characteristics matthew 13 and verse 43
notice what the bible says then shall the righteous now the
righteous is a reference to saved people or believers then shall the
righteous notice shine forth as the sun do you see
that now we've seen many references throughout the bible
that these glorified bodies shine their countenance shown like the sun
their face was like lightning we've seen a lot of references to these bodies
shining here we're told then talking about the future coming kingdom
then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun
in the kingdom of their father who adheres to here let him here
the bible tells us that the righteous shall shine
the righteous will uh shine forth as the sun now go with me to the book of
daniel i i meant to tell you and i apologize if i didn't
i meant to tell you to keep your place in daniel but if you if you didn't keep
your place there uh at daniel chapter 12 you got isaiah
jeremiah lamentations ezekiel
daniel chapter number 12
and look at verse number three daniel chapter number 12
and verse number three daniel chapter number 12 and verse 3
notice what the bible says and they that be wise
and they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament do you see
that god says if you're wise you will shine
as the brightness of the firmament let's talk about your glorified bodies future
and they that notice turn many to righteousness
as the stars meaning they'll shine as the stars
forever and ever the bible tells us here that if you're wise
you will shine as the brightness of the firmament and then he explains that what
does it mean to be wise he says they that turn many to
righteousness what does it mean to turn people to
righteousness it means to get them safe they were unrighteous they were
unbelievers they were on their way to hell but if you
go to them you reach out to them and you turn them around and you
get them saved and they go from unrighteous to righteous from dead in
their trespasses and sins to a new creature in christ god says if
you do that they that turn many to righteousness you will shine as
the stars forever and ever now notice that that
that uh jives with the teaching of proverbs
keep your uh go to proverbs chapter number 11
if you remember psalms was right in the center of the bible right after the book
of psalms you got the book of proverbs proverbs chapter number 11 here's what i
want you to understand the bible seems to indicate well the
bible doesn't seem to indicate the bible tells us that we will all shine
in our glorified body but the bible seems to indicate
that the amount of your shine how bright you will be has something to do
with how you know how many you turn to righteousness
or how wise you are but in proverbs 11 30
the bible says this you got psalms proverbs proverbs 11 30
the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life
and he that winneth souls what does it mean to
win souls what does it mean to go soul when it means you
turn many to righteousness he that win his souls is what
wise you see that do daniel 12 3 says the wise shall shine as the brightness
of the firmament because he that win his souls is wise and
they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever
the bible seems to indicate go back to first corinthians chapter number 15
first corinthians chapter number 15 we're almost done i just want to show
you a couple of things first corinthians chapter number 15
look at verse number 41 first corinthians chapter 15 and verse 41
see not everyone in heaven is going to shine
equally in fact jesus will outshine them all
he will be he will shine as the sun right
now stars shine but compared to the sun you know the sun outshines them
but the bible indicates that not everyone in heaven is going to have the
same shine some will shine more than others
first corinthians 15 look at verse number 41
first corinthians 15 verse 41 there is one glory of the sun
another glory of the moon another glory of the stars
for one star different from another star
in glory the glory is referring to that shine he says
some stars have more glory have more shine
than other stars so well how can i make sure
that i shine that i have a lot of shine in my glory of my body he says
get people say turn people to righteousness
be wise one souls he said it has to do how many people you get saved has to do
with your shine you say okay well why do i care about that
why would i care about shining you're there in first corinthians 15
head back to first corinthians chapter number six first corinthians chapter
number six first corinthians chapter number six
here's what we know glorified bodies will shine in heaven
here's what we know your shine is dependent
upon how many people you get saved how wise you are how faithful you are to
soul winning and preaching the gospel and getting people
say that's what we know okay you say well what does that have to
do with anything here's what i think let me just tell you what i think i'm not
telling you this is not doctrine this is just my opinion first corinthians
chapter six look at verse one dare any of you having a matter against
another go to law before the unjust and not
before the saints do you not know that the saints shall
judge the world see after our we're given our glorified
bodies we're not just going to be sitting up in heaven on a cloud playing
a harp you know relaxing all right we're going to be
working we're going to be judging notice what
he says look verse one dare any of you having a matter against another
go to law before the unjust and not before the saints do ye not know that
the saints shall judge the world and if the world shall be judged by you
it's talking about the millennial reign are ye unworthy to judge as well as
matters know ye not that we shall judge angels
how much more things that pertain to this life here's what he's saying
you're going to judge the nations during the millennial reign you're going
to judge the world in the middle you're going to judge
angels they're going to be put under your authority
here's what i think i think just like in the military you have a ranking system
where you've got one rank and that means you've got so much authority but someone
has more rank than you has more authority and
they they i think in heaven our ranks are going to be uh uh
established by your shine and guess who outranks everyone jesus christ
but you know what based on how much you do on this earth
to further the gospel to further the great commission
i think you will shine more the wiser you are
the more souls you want and i think in heaven that's how we will be ranked and
that's how we will know who has more authority and who who who
gets to judge more and do more and rule and reign with christ based on
how you shine listen to me i'm not trying to hurt your feelings or anything
but some of you are going to show up to heaven you're going to be a nightlight
look i don't want you to heaven and be nightlight christian okay
i want to shine you know i don't want to be glow in the dark
where like the only time you can see me is when no other christians around
because all of their lights outshine mine
you know i want to be rewarded in heaven i want to be able to rule and reign with
christ and god said it's connected it's connected
to how faithful you are to turning people to righteousness
say i i want to be rewarded in heaven you say i want to do great things for
god in heaven you say i want to be i want jesus to know
that i loved him and i gave my life to serve him then make sure you shine
and make sure you shine because in heaven you can go around and say
oh i'm jesus i love you so much thank you so much but look if you're if
you're mr nightlight you're gonna be like who's talking i
can't see you you can tell me you love me all you want
but your shine sure doesn't show it your your your
brightness see it'll be very apparent it'll be very apparent
who gave their life to reach people with the gospel
of jesus christ first corinthians 15 go back to it we're almost done we're going
to look to more passages what we've done first corinthians 15
first corinthians 15 look at verse 51 first corinthians 15 verse 51
behold behold i show you a mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all
be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye
at the last trump let's talk about the rapture for the trumpet shall sound
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed
for this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal
must put on immortality so when this corruptible
shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written death is swallowed
up in victory oh death where is thy string oh grave
where is thy victory the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin
is the law but thanks be to god which giveth us the victory
through the lord jesus christ now here's what's interesting all right first
corinthians 15 58 is one of the most famous verses in
the book of verse corinthians and i've always wondered what does first
corinthians 15 58 have to do with the rest of the book
of first corinthians 15 because first corinthians 15 is all about
the resurrection and then you get to verse 58 and you're
like this is a great verse but it doesn't seem to fit until you
realize that your glorified body and the glory
that you will have in your glorified body
is dependent on what you do to further the work of god on this earth
because paul says this he says we're going to be changed
we're going to be transformed this corruptible will put on incorruption
this mortal will put on immortality he said we're
going to be given these glorified bodies then he begins
then he ends the chapter in verse 58 by saying this therefore
he says therefore he says for this reason for what reason paul because
you're going to be given a glorified body because you're going to be given a
body that walks through walls that flies
through the air that vanishes and reappears
because you will be given a body that shines and it'll
and you'll be judging angels and judging nations and ruling
and reigning with christ he says because of that therefore
my beloved brethren be you steadfast unmovable always abounding in the work
of the lord for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain
in the lord he says you think about quitting soul winning don't quit
don't quit he said you're thinking about quitting on the ministry and quitting on
god you're saying it's just too much work
and i i could do better things and i he said don't don't quit don't quit
because your glorified body well it'll depend how glorious that glorified body
is depending on the things you do on this earth
he says therefore he says therefore be steadfast unmovable so don't quit
don't slide back don't do less always abounding in the work lord see some of
you you used to go soul winning you used to
show up to church on sunday night you used to show up to church on wednesday
night you used to read your bible every day you used to pray every day
you used to witness you used to do all these things and paul's saying hey don't
quit that your glorified body is dependent on it
how glorious that body is the rewards of the future are dependent on what you
do in this earth let's look at one more
passage what we've done roman chapter 8 look at verse 18
you're there in first gradients just go back one one book
roman chapter 8 look at verse 5 18 see some of you gotten beat up
and listen to me so have i i've been beat up
and sometimes you get beat up on this in this world and it it uh it makes you
want to quit makes you want to be done makes you want
to throw in the towel notice what paul says romans 8 18 for i
reckon romans chapter 8 verse 18 this last verse we'll look at we're done
romans 8 18 for i reckon that the sufferings
of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory so word
glory there which shall be revealed in us now
i just want you to understand this notice what he doesn't say
he doesn't say that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory
that will be revealed to us do you understand what i just said
he he doesn't say that one day you're going to get to heaven
and it's going to be so glorious next week we're going to talk about heaven
and it will be glorious he said he doesn't say one day you're going to get
to heaven and it's going to be so glorious
that it's going to make the sufferings of this present world to
to not even be compared he doesn't say you're you're going god's going to
reveal to you glorious things he doesn't say that he
says this they are not worthy to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed here's the key word in
us referring to your body here's what he's saying
you suffer you suffer for god on this earth and it'll be worth it when you get
that other body you'll be glad you did your body now
says i'm tired i don't want to go soul winning i'm shy
i'm this i'm that i work he says look look make
your body do it be steadfast unmovable always abounding in the work of the lord
and it'll be worth it and what's revealed in you
what he gives you see the mansion does have to do with your reward
i i i when i get my my mansion in heaven which i think is the body
i want my body to be you know maybe it'll be like a two story
you know i want it to be nice and and and something that god says
i prepared this for you isn't it worth it
everything you went through isn't it worth it i don't want to get to heaven
and say man i went from a tent to a duplex you know
i went from a tent to a studio i went from a tent to
you know uh just a one-bedroom house he says your glorified body your
glorified body the glory depends on what you do
depends on what you do see you focus on the things of this world you focus on
this flash you focus on this thing do you think he said then
you won't it won't be great you'll be glad you're in heaven
you'll be glad you're in heaven but we're gonna
you know we're gonna have to put sunglasses on you or something because
you're gonna be like everyone shines so much
he says therefore be steadfast unmovable always abounding
in the work of the lord let's bow here tonight with a prayer heavenly father
thank you lord for allowing us to be able to study these concepts in
scripture and lord i understand that not everything
is spelled out perfectly and we don't understand exactly how everything's
going to play out but lord i pray i do pray that you would
help us to at least realize that you do want to reward us for the work we
do on this earth help us not to be lazy help us not to
give in to the things of this world
help us to live with eternity in mind we love you
in your precious name i pray amen all right well god bless you thank you for
being here this morning i do want to let you know next