Paul believes in the resurrection of the body, not of the flesh.
Not exact matches
Some of that evidence includes, «the empty tomb, the early belief of the disciples
in the
resurrection of Jesus due to eyewitness testimony, the transformation of the disciples, the conversion of
Paul, and the conversion of James» I understand that many have died
in the name of faith and religoun throughout time and still do, but they have died wholeheartedly
believing that their way was the truth.
When you read the context and see that
Paul was speaking on the subject of those who don't
believe in the
resurrection, but
believed in baptism as Christians, you realize that he was saying that what is the point of baptism if you are only going to end up dead.
But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to:
Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established
in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we
believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed
in us this needs to be, as we come up
in His glories even for a better
resurrection for them who
believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley
in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ
in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent
in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed
in us: Thank - you Father;
in Jesus Name Alexandria
On the historicity of the
resurrection,
Paul had this to say: 1 Cornithians 15 — 1Now I would remind you, brothers, a of the gospel I preached to you, which you received,
in which you stand, 2and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you — unless you
believed in vain.
The Sadducees do not
believe in an afterlife, let alone a
resurrection, which is why
Paul had to say that if there is no
resurrection of the dead, then Christ is preached
in vain.
After taking her to some passages
in the Gospels, and then to 1 Corinthians 15 (which
Paul partly wrote to prove the
resurrection has taken place), she said she now understood and
believed that Jesus had already risen from the dead.
In the light of this profound and difficult thought about the resurrection of believers, and bearing in mind that he believed Christ to have been the pioneer or «first - fruits» of those who will be raised like him, I find it difficult to think that Paul could possibly have believed that Jesus rose from the grave as, or in, a physical bod
In the light of this profound and difficult thought about the
resurrection of believers, and bearing
in mind that he believed Christ to have been the pioneer or «first - fruits» of those who will be raised like him, I find it difficult to think that Paul could possibly have believed that Jesus rose from the grave as, or in, a physical bod
in mind that he
believed Christ to have been the pioneer or «first - fruits» of those who will be raised like him, I find it difficult to think that
Paul could possibly have
believed that Jesus rose from the grave as, or
in, a physical bod
in, a physical body.
By the time we get to verse 29,
Paul makes a point about those
in Corinth who apparently were making baptism arrangements for the dead, but didn't even
believe in resurrection.
As
Paul told the Romans, «What we
believe is this: If we get included
in Christ's sin - conquering death, we also get included
in his life - saving
resurrection... God's gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master» (Romans 6:7, 23, The Message).
He
believed, however, that they could be reconciled, for while the glorified body of the risen Jesus is normally neither visible nor tangible, it «temporarily reassumes the human outline, and solid frame, and former appearance, and marks of the wounds, for evidential and instructive purposes».13
In the
resurrection narratives the Evangelists «describe the re-entrance of the glorified Body of Christ into terrestrial conditions, effected for the purpose of convincing His apostles of His Resurrection, and of giving them instructions and commssions».14 He believed that Paul, being the theologian, was not concerned with these occasional manifestations, but with the essential condition of the risen Christ and that his is therefore the profound
resurrection narratives the Evangelists «describe the re-entrance of the glorified Body of Christ into terrestrial conditions, effected for the purpose of convincing His apostles of His
Resurrection, and of giving them instructions and commssions».14 He believed that Paul, being the theologian, was not concerned with these occasional manifestations, but with the essential condition of the risen Christ and that his is therefore the profound
Resurrection, and of giving them instructions and commssions».14 He
believed that
Paul, being the theologian, was not concerned with these occasional manifestations, but with the essential condition of the risen Christ and that his is therefore the profounder teaching.
I don't see
in I Corinthians 15 where
Paul declares the gospel where he is saying
believe in the death, burial,
resurrection of Jesus plus have a life of love.
On his missionary journeys
Paul surely met people who were unable to
believe in his preaching of the
resurrection for the very reason that they
believed in the immortality of the soul.
Both the people of whom
Paul says (
in 1 Thessalonians 4:13) that «they have no hope» and those of whom he writes (
in 1 Corinthians 15:12) that they do not
believe there is a
resurrection from the dead are probably not Epicureans, as we are inclined to
believe.
(Romans 8:10 - 11) Logically, therefore,
Paul could not have
believed in the
resurrection of the wicked; certainly they are not clearly placed
in his picture of the ultimate outcome of the cosmos; whether they pass out of existence or remain
in Sheol separated from Christ and his kingdom, it is difficult to say.
Paul did not
believe in the
resurrection of the flesh; he specifically denied that «flesh and blood» continued after death; (I Corinthians 15:50) and the spiritual «body» with which he wished to be clothed moved
in new dimensions altogether, quite different from the Jews» resuscitated «flesh and bones.»
Now what I mean is this:
in the three verses listed above, the apostle
Paul makes it clear that the Corinthian Christians he is addressing HAD «received» and «
believed» his gospel message of Christ's death and
resurrection (cf. 1 Cor.
Paul's own Hebraic anthropology makes it all but impossible for him to understand how the Corinthians could
believe in a future life without affirming the
resurrection of the dead.
Paul could not had led the life he did if he didn't
believe in the
resurrection.
Paul was a Pharisee, and Pharisees
believed in a bodily
resurrection, so if
Paul believed that the talking, bright light speaking to him on the Damascus Road was the executed Jesus, then he would of course
believe that he had seen the (bodily) resurrected Jesus, even if he had actually not seen a body, but only a bright light!
I know that you don't
believe Paul's Gospel of freedom from sin by
believing in a death and
resurrection story.