Words of Grace

By Rev. Mahlon Nevel

Resurrection is the subject of I Corinthians 15. This portion of Scripture is known as the Resurrection chapter.

This chapter describes the gospel that Paul preached. (V.I) He delivered the message of how Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day, (VS. 3,4),

It was by a man that death came, and by a man that the resurrection of the dead came. In Adam we all die and in Christ we all shall be made alive. (vs. 21, 22)

The Bible begins with the creation of Adam and his death. The New Testament is about the death and resurrection of Christ.

Adam was “the first man.” Jesus is called “the last Adam” (V.45) “The first man” was from the earth: “the second man” is the Lord Jesus who came from heaven. (v. 47)

Our hope is not in the first man Adam, or in any
of mankind. In Adam we all will die, but the last Adam, Jesus died for us, and rose again. He is our Hope.

Martin Luther was once found at a moment of peril and fear, sitting at a table tracing with his finger the
words, “Vivit! Vivit! (He lives! He lives!)

“It is our hope for ourselves, and for mankind,” Alexander Maclaren wrote. “Men come and go for a season, and then fall silent and impotent. He abides. They die, but He lives.