哥林多前書15:45-50

15:45 經上也是這樣記著說：「首先的人亞當成了有靈（靈：或譯血氣）的活人」；末後的亞當成了叫人活的靈。

15:46 但屬靈的不在先，屬血氣的在先，以後才有屬靈的。

15:47 頭一個人是出於地，乃屬土；第二個人是出於天。

15:48 那屬土的怎樣，凡屬土的也就怎樣；屬天的怎樣，凡屬天的也就怎樣。

15:49 我們既有屬土的形狀，將來也必有屬天的形狀。

15:50 弟兄們，我告訴你們說，血肉之體不能承受上帝的國，必朽壞的不能承受不朽壞的。

Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life- giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. 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. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven. I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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    這段經文讓我們得到很大的激勵，因為「那屬土的怎樣，凡屬土的也就怎樣；屬天的怎樣，凡屬天的也就怎樣。我們既有屬土的形狀，將來也必有屬天的形狀。」

    我們要切切的盼望那「屬天的形狀」，因為「末後的亞當成了叫人活的靈」。也就是說，有了耶穌基督，我們必定復活，必轉變為屬天的，必變成不朽壞的！也因為如此，基督徒不必說一定要土葬，火葬也沒有問題，上帝必給我們一個新的身體，而且是榮耀的身體，好承受永生。

    因此，讓我們來讚美上帝，這樣的美事必成就，因為耶穌基督已經復活了！

哥林多前書15:35-44

15:35 或有人問：「死人怎樣復活，帶著甚麼身體來呢？」

15:36 無知的人哪，你所種的，若不死就不能生。

15:37 並且你所種的不是那將來的形體，不過是子粒，即如麥子，或是別樣的穀。

15:38 但上帝隨自己的意思給他一個形體，並叫各等子粒各有自己的形體。

15:39 凡肉體各有不同：人是一樣，獸又是一樣，鳥又是一樣，魚又是一樣。

15:40 有天上的形體，也有地上的形體；但天上形體的榮光是一樣，地上形體的榮光又是一樣。

15:41 日有日的榮光，月有月的榮光，星有星的榮光；這星和那星的榮光也有分別。

15:42 死人復活也是這樣：所種的是必朽壞的，復活的是不朽壞的；

15:43 所種的是羞辱的，復活的是榮耀的；所種的是軟弱的，復活的是強壯的；

15:44 所種的是血氣的身體，復活的是靈性的身體。若有血氣的身體，也必有靈性的身體。

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 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.  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. So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.  It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

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    這段經文讓我們明白甚麼是「身體復活」，這讓我們清楚必須要先「死亡」，尤其是現在這個屬肉體有罪的身體必須死了，才有將來新的身體的復活。也因為如此，我們不要害怕我們有一天會死亡，因為死亡之後有復活，而那復活的身體是無罪的，而且有上帝的榮光在其上。

    也因此，基督徒要接受我們會死的事實，也要接受我們會身體復活，但非屍體復活，而是上帝要賜下一個新的身體，一個屬靈完美的身體。這事我們勝過死亡、罪惡、魔鬼的盼望。而主耶穌的復活，給了我們這樣的保證。我們要為此歡呼讚美！

    也因此，福音要說到耶穌基督的復活，他的復活使我們相信上帝的拯救是確實的，更相信我們將來必真正的復活！

約翰一書3:2

親愛的弟兄啊，我們現在是上帝的兒女，將來如何，還未顯明；但我們知道，主若顯現，我們必要像他，因為必得見他的真體。

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

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主的再來是每個基督徒所盼望的，而盼望耶穌的再來，基督徒必須有一個準備，就是學像基督。因為主再來的時候，我們必須像耶穌基督。

所以，我們一生一世所努力的目標，就是藉由聖經認識耶穌基督，並且在聖靈的引導下，活出基督的樣式。好在基督再來的時候，真正成為像耶穌基督的聖徒。

約翰一書5:11-12

5:11 這見證就是上帝賜給我們永生；這永生也是在他兒子裡面。

5:12 人有了上帝的兒子就有生命，沒有上帝的兒子就沒有生命。

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

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    這裡告訴我們一個重要的真理：人有了上帝的兒子就有生命，沒有上帝的兒子就沒有生命。

    的確，是上帝的恩典，讓祂的兒子進入我們的生命，從此生命成為有上帝性情的生命，就是成為上帝的兒女，因為這是上帝在聖經中所應許的。

    求上帝賜福在我們生命中，成為祂兒女的見證，有耶穌基督榮美形象。

加拉太書1:11-24

1:11 弟兄們，我告訴你們，我素來所傳的福音不是出於人的意思。

1:12 因為我不是從人領受的，也不是人教導我的，乃是從耶穌基督啟示來的。

1:13 你們聽見我從前在猶太教中所行的事，怎樣極力逼迫殘害上帝的教會。

1:14 我又在猶太教中，比我本國許多同歲的人更有長進，為我祖宗的遺傳更加熱心。

1:15 然而，那把我從母腹裡分別出來、又施恩召我的上帝，

1:16 既然樂意將他兒子啟示在我心裡，叫我把他傳在外邦人中，我就沒有與屬血氣的人商量，

1:17 也沒有上耶路撒冷去見那些比我先作使徒的，惟獨往阿拉伯去，後又回到大馬士革。

1:18 過了三年，才上耶路撒冷去見磯法，和他同住了十五天。

1:19 至於別的使徒，除了主的兄弟雅各，我都沒有看見。

1:20 我寫給你們的不是謊話，這是我在上帝面前說的。

1:21 以後我到了敘利亞和基利家境內。

1:22 那時，猶太信基督的各教會都沒有見過我的面。

1:23 不過聽說那從前逼迫我們的，現在傳揚他原先所殘害的真道。

1:24 他們就為我的緣故，歸榮耀給上帝。

My friends, I want you to know that no one made up the message I preach. It wasn’t given or taught to me by some mere human. My message came directly from Jesus Christ when he appeared to me.

You know how I used to live as a Jew. I was cruel to God’s church and even tried to destroy it. I was a much better Jew than anyone else my own age, and I obeyed every law that our ancestors had given us. But even before I was born, God had chosen me. He was kind and had decided to show me his Son, so that I would announce his message to the Gentiles. I didn’t talk this over with anyone. I didn’t say a word, not even to the men in Jerusalem who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went at once to Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus.

Three years later I went to visit Peter[b] in Jerusalem and stayed with him for fifteen days. The only other apostle I saw was James, the Lord’s brother. And in the presence of God I swear I am telling the truth.

Later, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. But no one who belonged to Christ’s churches in Judea had ever seen me in person. They had only heard that the one who had been cruel to them was now preaching the message that he had once tried to destroy. And because of me, they praised God.

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   這是保羅信主的經過，宣告自己是從上帝那裏領受福音的！