SIMPLE QUESTIONS ON RESURRECTION AND REWARDS

SIMPLE QUESTIONS ON RESURRECTION AND REWARDS

(For Believers)

1. Will the bodies of all people be sometime raised from the dead?

"For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall ALL BE MADE ALIVE"-1 Cor. 15:21-22.

(John 6:28)

2. What two different Resurrections will there be?

"They that have done good, unto the RESURRECTION OF LIFE; and they that have done evil, unto the RES­URRECTION OF DAMNATION" ­John 5:29.

(Acts 24:15)

3. How much time will there be be­tween these two Resurrections?

"And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again un­til the THOUSAND YEARS were fin­ished"—Rev. 20:4b-5a.

(The "hour" of John 5:28 refers to a long period. Compare the "hour" In John 4:23 which has already lasted 2000 years)

4. What names are applied to the Res­urrection of Christ's people?

"This is THE FIRST RESURREC­TION. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection" —Rev. 20:5b-6a.

(Luke 14:14, John 5:29b, Heb. 11:35, Luke 20:36)

5. When will the First Resurrection be­gin?

"For THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST"-1 Thess. 4:16.

6. What will happen to those Chris­tians who are living when Christ comes?

"Then we which are alive and re­main shall BE CAUGHT UP TO­GETHER WITH THEM in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord"-1 Thess. 4:17.

7. How will the bodies of all believers be changed at the Coming of Christ?

"The Lord Jesus Christ, Who shall FASHION ANEW THE BODY of our humiliation, that it may be CON­FORMED TO THE BODY OF HIS GLORY, according to the working whereby He is able even to subject all things unto Himself"—Phil. 3: 20-21 ARV.

(Rom. 8:11, 1 Cor. 15:51-54, 1 John 3:2)

8. What was Christ's resurrection body like?

"Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have"—Luke 24:39.

(Luke 24:34-43, John 20:19, Acts 1:9, Rev. 1:13-18)

9. How does 1 Corinthians 15 describe our resurrection body?

"It is sown in corruption; it is raised in INCORRUPTION: 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"-1 Cor. 15:42-44.

(1 Cor. 15:35-50)

10. Will our glorified bodies be any more subject to death?

"NEITHER CAN THEY DIE ANY MORE: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrec­tion"—Luke 20:36.

(Rev. 20:6)

11. How should we keep our bodies from sin, since they belong to Christ? "Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by His own power"-1 Cor. 6:13b­14.

(1 Cor. 6:16.20, Rom. 12:1, Phil. 1:20)

12. Where must all Christians appear after the resurrection at Christ's coming?

"We must all appear BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad"-2 Cor. 5:10.

(Rom. 14:10)

13. What must every Christian do be­fore the Judgment Seat of Christ? "So then everyone of us shall give account OF HIMSELF to God." ­Rom. 14:12.

(Luke 12:1-2, 1 Cor. 4:5)

14. Can any true believer be condemned at the Judgment Seat of Christ? "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlast­ing life, and SHALL NOT COME INTO CONDEMNATION"—John 5: 24.

(Rom. 8:1 ARV, 1 Cor. 11:32)

15. What will be the result of the judg­ment of the believer's works? "If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, HE SHALL RECEIVE A REWARD. If any man's work shall be burned, HE SHALL SUFFER LOSS: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire"-1 Cor. 3:14-15.

(1 Cor. 3:8-16, Rev. 22:12)

16. What are some of the rewards which faithful Christians will receive? "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive THE CROWN OF LIFE, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him"—Jas. 1:12.

(2 Tim. 4:8, 1 Pet. 5:4, Dan. 12:3, Matt. 10: 40-42, Luke 19:12-28, 2 Tim. 2:12)

17. How should we live and work, since our works are to be judged?

"This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" —Phil. 3:13-14.

(1 Cor. 9:22-27, Gal. 6:9, Jas. 5:8-9, 1 John 2:28, Rev. 3:11)