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The Promises of God: Part CCLXXIII
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Aug 01, 2025
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And so, it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. I Corinthians 15:45-50
And so, it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. I Corinthians 15:45-50
We are born in the image of Adam, and when we are born again, we bear the image of Jesus, the natural first, and then the spiritual. Only the spiritual man can enter the kingdom of Heaven. This is why we must be born again!
Jesus was approached by a Pharisee named Nicodemus, and Jesus told him that he must be born again to enter the kingdom of Heaven, and he replied, how can someone be born when he is old? Jesus said, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." The apostle Paul told the church at Corinth that if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; in other words, he is a new man, born of the Spirit.
Have you been born of the Spirit of God? Have you confessed your sins and repented? If not, you can be born again right now by believing in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and by asking Him to save you!
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So, when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” I Corinthians 15:51-54
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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