Scripture for Today | 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 (with Pastor Tom)

About this Episode

Opening Song: 

 Dust We Are and Shall Return by John Arndt, Kate Gungor, and Michael Gungor

Lyrics:

From dust we've come

And dust we are

And shall return

Be still my soul

And let it go

Just let it go

 

Glory to God

Glory to God

In the highest

Glory to God

Glory to God

In the highest

 

Naked we came

And shall return

Into the grave

Be still my soul

And let it go

Just let it go

 

Glory to God

Glory to God

In the highest

Glory to God

Glory to God

In the highest

 

Be still my soul

Lord make me whole

Lord make me whole

Be still my soul

Lord make me whole

Lord make me whole

Lord make me whole

Be still my soul

Lord make me whole

Lord make me whole

 

Glory to God

Glory to God

Glory to God

Glory to God

Passage: 

35   But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 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. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:35–49 ESV)

 

Musical Reflection: 

 

All to Jesus I Surrender (SURRENDER) by Winfield S. Weeden

Reflection Notes: 

This tune was originally intended to have two-part harmonies on the verse and four-part harmonies of the refrain; the additional harmonic fullness adds to the repeated emphasis of the words “I surrender all.” 

Prayer:

This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.