The Resurrection of the Dead

chrisvalentine (43)in #wafrica • 6 years ago

#The_Resurrection_Of_The_Dead

THE THEME OF THIS CHAPTER WAS THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD AND IT WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE CHURCH WAS GOING THROUGH TOO MUCH PERSECUTION AND DEATH IN THE OF NERO, THE BEAST

SHALL WE DISCUSS 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-58?

[1]Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have #receivED and wherein ye stand; (We stand therein because we received this)

[2] #By_which_also_ye_are_saved,
#IF ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have #believed in vain.

IT SHOUD BY NOW HAVE BECOME SO CLEAR TO ANY AND EVERY BELIEVER THAT WE ARE EXACTLY WHAT WE BELIEVE.
WE BECOME WHAT WE RECEIVE IN OUR SPIRITS.
UNBELIEF IS EXACTLY WHY GOD REJECTS A MAN IN THE KINGDOM

[3]For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,
how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

[4]And that he was buried,
and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

[5]And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

[6]After that,
he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once;
of whom the greater part remain unto this present,

THIS SHOULD BEGIN POINT OUR HEARTS TO THE DATING OF THIS TEXT
AUDIENCE AND TIMELINE IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL OF FACTORS THAT CLEARS THE ISSUES WE HAVE IN PROPERLY INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE.
A CRASH COURSE IN BIBLE HERMENEAUTICS WILL DO PROPER JUSTICE TO THIS

but some are fallen asleep.

[7]After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

[8]And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

[9]For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

[10]But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

[11]Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed

…AND HE RETURNS BACK TO THE DISCUSSION

[12]Now #IF Christ* be preached that he #ROSE (PAST TENSE) from the dead*,
how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

WE ARE YET TO SEE THE TIMING OF THE RESURRECTION BEING REFERRED TO HERE,
SO, GENTLY AND CAREFULLY FOLLOW ME

[13]But if there be no resurrection of the dead,
then is Christ not risen:

To say there is no resurrection of the dead is to say Christ did not rise

Rephrased

_*to say the dead are not risen is to say Christ is not risen.

BUT HERE WE SEE THAT CHRIST RESURRECTED
#AND_SO_DID_OTHER_WITH_HIM

#Matt 27:52-53
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD IN CHRIST IS TIED #DIRECTLY TO CHRIST'S RESURRECTION*_

[14]And if Christ be not risen (past tense),
then #IS(PRESENT CONTINOUS) our preaching vain,
and your faith (WHAT WE BELIEVE AND LIVE BY) is #ALSO vain.

REFER NOW TO VERSES 2 AND THE NOTES BELOW IT

[2] #By_which_also_ye_are_saved,
#IF ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have #believed in vain.

IT SHOUD BY NOW HAVE BECOME SO CLEAR TO ANY AND EVERY BELIEVER THAT WE ARE EXACTLY WHAT WE BELIEVE.
WE BECOME WHAT WE RECEIVE IN OUR SPIRITS.
UNBELIEF IS EXACTLY WHY GOD REJECTS A MAN IN THE KINGDOM

[15]Yea, and we are #FOUND (not will be found) false witnesses of God;
because we have testified of God that he #RAISED_UP_CHRIST:
whom he raised not up,
if so be that the dead rise not.

[16]For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

Relate with my "rephrased" above

_*to say the dead are not risen is to say Christ is not risen.

BUT HERE WE SEE THAT CHRIST RESURRECTED
#AND_SO_DID_OTHER_WITH_HIM

THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD IN CHRIST IS TIED #DIRECTLY TO CHRIST'S RESURRECTION*_

[17]And if Christ be not raised, YOUR FAITH IS VAIN;
#YE_ARE_YET_IN_YOUR_SINS
.
(WAIT A MINUTE,
HE IS WRITING TO THE #CHURCH OF CORINTH.
THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED AND RECEIVED-
REFER AGAIN TO "RECEIVED" IN VERSES 1
AND
"BELIEVED" IN VERSES 2

[18]Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are #perishED.
OKAY WAIT

THOUGHT WE WERE DISCUSSING THE RSURRECTION OF THE DEAD

HOW DID THE FATE OF THOSE WHO “SLEEP” (HAVEN’T RESURRECTED YET) COME INTO PLAY IN THIS DISCUSS

SIMPLE

BECAUSE THOSE WHO WE SAY ARE ASLEEP ARE THOSE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY RESURRECTED.

THEY ARE #NOW IN THE REAL WORLD WHERE THEY APPEAR TRANSFIGURED AND SHINNING.

A WORLD LOCATED HERE BEYOND THE REACH OF THE PHYSICAL EYES

JUST FOLLOW ME CAREFULLY

[17]And if Christ be not raised, YOUR FAITH IS VAIN;
#YE_ARE_YET_IN_YOUR_SINS
[18]Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are #perishED.

"PERISHED"
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT ARRIVED ANYWHERE

THEY SLEPT TO REAWAKEN IN THE ORIGINAL WORLD WHICH EXISTS
#HERE ON EARTH
THAT'S THE REAL WORLD WE ENTERED INTO AND ARE PRESENTLY GLORIFIED WITH JESUS #IN_OUR_SPIRIT MAN

YOU SEE,

WE DON'T DIE ANYMORE,

WE ONLY AWAKEN INTO OUR REAL POSITIONS IN THE REAL WORLD WE ACTUALLY AND ORIGINALLY BELONG TO.

(It is until then we realize that this present world is a matrix and our best of meals here is grass and stubble)

[19]If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

*MEANING OUR HOPE #IS_NOT (CANNOT, WILL NOT, SHALLNOT) IN THIS MIRAGE OF A WORLD...

IT IS IN THE WORLD TO COME

WHICH CAME WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW JERUSALEM

THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE FIRST, PHYSICAL, OLD JERUSALEM WAS DESTROYED IN AD 70 FOR THE LAST, SPIRITUAL AND NEW JERUSALEM TO BE ESTABLISHED

[20]But now is Christ risen from the dead,
AND #BECOME (PAST TENSE) THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THEM THAT SLEPT.*

SO, THOSE WHO SLEPT ARE WITH HIM...
HE WENT AHEAD OF THEM

READ AGAIN MATTHEW 27:52

THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE #FIRST
-MATTHEW 27:52~AD32*

WHO RISES #NEXT?

THOSE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN

THE ENTIRE CHURCH

AD 70

CAUGHT UP (HARAPZO) IN THE

CLOUD
(A SYMBOL OF JUDGEMENT)

WHICH CAME TO DEMOLISH THE OLD JERUSALEM TO ESTABLISH THE NEW JERUSALEM.

GALATIANS 4
THE JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE #IS THE MOTHER OF US ALL

NOTE,

IT SAY “IS”
(NOT “WILL BE”)

PLUS

IT DIDN'T SAY.
"THE JERUSALEM WHICH IS #FROM ABOVE..."

IT HADN'T DESCENDED AS AT THE WRITING OF THE LETTER TO THE GALATIAN CHURCH...

YET WE BELONGED IN IT ALREADY BY AND THROUGH THE FINISHED WORK

WE WERE ALIVE #REMAINED,
NOT YET #HARPARZOED

[21]For since by man came death,
by man #CAME also…

THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
The resurrection you put in a future is already here sir!
IN SHORT
THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS LETTING THIS CHURCH KNOW THAT THIS RESURRECTION ALREADY TOOK PLACE IN THE REALMS OF THE SPIRIT.

WHAT WE AWAIT IS NOT EVEN A PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION BUT OUR TRANSITION INTO THIS REALITY IN OUR FLESH

the theme of this chapter was the resurrection of the dead and it was necessary because the church was going through too much persecution and death in the of Nero, the beast

Apostle Paul was simply telling them, their brethren that were killed did not perish!
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ARRIVED AT THEIR RESURRECTED AND FINAL DESTINATION
Refer to verses 18

PERHAPS THIS DESCRIBES WHY THESE “GUYS” LIVED DANGEROUSLY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GOSPEL.

IN THEIR MINDS EYE,
THIS WORLD IS NOT THEIR HOME

AT SOME POINT IT EVEN SEEMED APOSTLE PAUL WAS ASKING FOR DEATH SELF
[22]For as in Adam all die,
even so #IN_CHRIST_shall_ALL_be_ made_alive.

BUT YOU SAID YOU ARE IN CHRIST
HAVE YOU NOT BEEN MADE ALIVE
(REMEMBER WE ARE THEMED IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD)
*The "ALL" here in context means the provision,
the imputation
NOT THE APPROPRIATION.

UNIVERALISTS, STAY OFF!

I WILL ESTABLISH THIS AS WE GO ON

NOW, APOSTLE PAUL TRANSITS IN HIS DISCUSSION INTO THE ORDER IN WHICH THIS RESURRECTION WILL TAKE PLACE

[23]But every man IN HIS OWN ORDER:
Christ the FIRSTFRUITS;
afterward THEY THAT ARE CHRIST'S
(Saints)

(There are those who are not Christ's)
AT HIS COMING!

He came back,
he is here now.

The word "#TO_MEET" in 1 Thessalonians 4:17

"#APANTESIS"*

Which means

A friendly encounter

...the type the 5 wise virgins gave to the bridegroom in Matthew 25.

IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE MATTHEW 24 IS FOLLOWED BY THE PARABLE OF THE 10 VIRGINS

We welcomed the bridegroom, Jesus, when we went out to meet him

This happen immediately after the old Jerusalem was destroyed

Jesus came in and #WITH the cloud of judgment ON the old Jerusalem and #WITH the New Jerusalem and
We all went out to meet and welcome him

HE IS HERE!

[24]Then cometh #THE END,
when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God,
even the Father;
when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

THE ONLY ENEMY HERE IS THE DEVIL

A little exegesis on “THE DEVIL”

Everywhere you see the devil, he represents the ACCUSER

THE LAW IS WHAT ACCUSES

Let me show you how
The cross destroyed the devil.
HEBREWS 2:14

The Cross destroyed the law
COLOSSIANS 2:14

The LAW ~ SIN~ DEATH

THE DEATH OF JESUS HANDLED THE LAW,

The establishment of the NEW JERUSALEM was to handle death.

IT HAD NOT OCCURRED AS AT THE WRITING OF THIS LETTER

As at the writing of this letter,
death still remained the last enemy to be conquered.
CHECK OUT VERSES 26

[25]For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet..
That enemy was the
ACCUSER=THE DEVIL= THE LAW ~DEATH

(Note the use of the symbols “=” and “~”)

[26]The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
[27]For he #HATH put all things under his feet.

But when he saith #ALL_THINGS_ARE_PUT_UNDER_HIM,

#IT_IS_MANIFEST that he is excepted (AS AT THE WRITING OF THIS LETTER), WHICH DID PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIM.

[28]And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all.

THIS HAS HAPPENED SIR/MA

[29]Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead,
#IF_THE_DEAD_RISE_NOT_AT_ALL?*
WHY ARE THEY THEN BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD?

SO, THE DEAD DO RISE AGAIN.

THOSE WHO BAPTISE #DO_NOT LEAVE THE ONES BAPTISED IN THE WATER RIGHT!?

YOU BAPTISE THEM TO MEAN THEY DIED

AND

IMMEDIATELY LIFT THEM UP TO SIGNIFY A RESURRECTION

SO,

BAPTISM IS DONE WITH THE HOPE OF RESURRECTION,

THE ONE WHICH THOSE "THAT ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN" HOPED FOR

[30]And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

[31]I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

"CAUSE, BY MY DYING DAILY,

I ALWAYS END UP IN GREATER DEGREE OF RESURRECTION

...GET IT?!

[32]If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus,

what advantageth it me,

if the dead rise not?

let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

PARAPHRASED

WHY WOULD I DATE RISK MY LIFE AT EPHESUS, THE DOMAIN OF NERO THE BEAST (AND OF COURSE HIS "ANGELS OF DEATH") IF I HAVE NI HOPE OF WAKING UP RESURRECTED IF I "SLEPT" IN THE PROCESS?*

[33]Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

CLEARLY, PAUL WAS REACTING IN THIS LETTER OF HIS TO AN ADULTERATION OF THE ONE ORIGINAL MESSAGE HE LEFT.
THIS WAS A RESPONSE LETTER

34 Awake to righteousness,
and sin not;
(THE SIN OF UNBELIEF ~ THE SIN OF CARNAL MINDEDNESS AND WRONG BELIEFS)

for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

APOSTLE PAUL HERE BEGINS TO EXHORT

35 But some man will say,
How are the dead raised up?
and
with what body do they come?

HE HERE ADDRESSES CARNAL MINDEDNESS BY WHICH PEOPLE QUESTION THE RESURRECTION ON THE BASIS OF A CARNAL OBSERVATION.
THEY ASKING WHICH BODY THOSE THAT RESURRECT COME WITH

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

DEATH IS A NECESSARY STEP INTO A QUICKENING

37 And that which thou sowest,
thou sowest not that body that shall be,

THE BODY THAT A SEED IS SOWN WITH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE BODY IT COMES BACK WITH

but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

39 All flesh is not the same flesh:

NOW APOSTLE PAUL IS NOT TALKING WITH RESPECT TO CONTRASTING THE SPIRITUAL BODY WITH THE PHYSICAL BODY, BUT HE IS CONTRASTING THE VARIETIES OF THE BODY EITHER WITHIN THE PHYSICAL CONTEXT OR THE SPIRITUAL CONTEXT.

THIS IS TO MEAN, THOUGH WE ARE AS RESURRECTED AS THOSE WHO ARE ASLEEP BECAUSE WE ARE BOTH IN THE NEW JERUSALEM, WE HAVE DIFFERENT BODIES AS HE SPEAKS

but there is one kind of
flesh of men, another
flesh of beasts, another
of fishes, and another
of birds.

NOW CONTRASTING RESURRECTED (CELESTIAL) BODY
WITH
TERESTIAL BODY

40 There are also celestial bodies,
and bodies terrestrial:
but the glory of the celestial is one,
and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

#GOD_IS_A_GOD_OF_DIVERSITIES.

THOUGH ALL MEN IN CHRIST ARE ALL RESURRECTED INTO ONE AND THE SAME RESURRECTION AS IT STANDS, THE BODY THEY CARRIED IN THE CHURCH OF CORINTH AS IS THE BODY THE READER OF THIS CHAT/POST IN CHRIST CARRIES, MAY BE DIFFERENT. THIS DOES NOT DENY THE FACT THAT ALL MEN IN CHRIST ARE ALREADY THE RESURRECTED. WE ONLY HAVE AS IT IS, DIVERSITIES OF BODIES

41 There is one glory of the sun, and
another glory of the moon, and
another glory of the stars:
for one star differeth from another star in glory.

42 SO ALSO IS THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
EVEN IN THIS SAME RESURRECTION,
THERE ARE DIFFERENT STATES

It is sown in corruption;
it is raised in incorruption:

43 It is sown in dishonour;
it is raised in glory:
it is sown in weakness;
it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body, and
there is a spiritual body.

SO, THE END GAME IS THAT WE SHALL ALL PUT ON THE SPIRITUAL BODY ALREADY GIVEN ALL BELIEVERS WHO ARE IN HIM.

THE BODY WE SHALL PUT ON (BE MANIFESTED IN US) IS ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED STATE IN OUR SPIRIT.

SEE NOTHING NEW IS TAKING PLACE,
ONLY THAT WHICH HAS BEEN DONE BEING MANIFESTED.

THOSE WHO REJECT THE FINISHED WORKS ARE CONDEMNED ALREADY. IT DIDN’T SAY THAT THEY WILL BE CONDEMNED.

John 3:18
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not #IS_CONDEMNED_ALREADY,
because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

HE THAT RECEIVED THE FINISHED WORK HAS ETERNAL LIFE (IMMORTALITY) ALREADY.

ONLY THE MANIFESTATION OF IT WE AWAIT AND

THAT NOT IN THIS MIRAGE OF A WORLD BUT

IN THE NEW JERUSALEM WHICH IS HERE AND WE HAVE ARRIVED IN ALREADY

45 And so it is written,
The first man Adam was made a living soul;
the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

THIS IS A CONTRAST BETWEEN WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE HAVE ARRIVED.

A CONTRAST BETWEEN VITALITY OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND
WHAT THE LEGALITY OF OUR GETTING HERE HAS MADE US INTO.

WE ARE HERE QUICKENING PEOPLE;
REPLICATING WHAT WE HAVE WORKING IN US ALREADY,

WE ARE NOT THE ONE STRUGGLING TO ATTAIN RESURRECTION,
BUT WE ARE THE “#RESURRECTERS” THERE IS ON EARTH.

SONS OF GOD GIVE LIFE,
SONS OF MEN DECREE JUDGMENTS

JOHN 5:25-27

46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but
that which is natural;
and afterward that which is spiritual.

BY CONTEXTUAL STANCE,
THIS IS NOT REFERRING TO “ADAM FIRST, BEFORE JESUS”,

BUT THE KIND OF BODY JESUS OBVIOUSLY PRESENTED FIRST,
BEFORE THE ONE HE MANIFESTED AFTER THE RESURRECTION.

TRANSFIGURATION PROVED HE HAS HAD IT LONG BEFORE HE DIED AND RESURRECTED.

SO, IT MEANS OUR PRESENT BODY FIRST,
BEFORE THAT WHICH WE SHALL MANIFEST NEXT.

WE HAVE IT IN US ALREADY,
BUT THE ORDER MUST BE FOLLOWED

47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: NATURAL

the second man is the Lord from heaven. SPIRITUAL

48 As is the earthy, SUCH ARE THEY ALSO THAT ARE EARTHY - NATURAL
and as is the heavenly, SUCH ARE THEY ALSO THAT ARE HEAVENLY. - SPIRITUAL

QUESTION,

WHO ARE THEY THAT ARE HEAVENLY?
– EVERYONE IN CHRIST.

THUS WE CANNOT BE JUDGED BY ANYTHING THAT RELATES WITH OUR PRESENT APPEARANCE.

NO!*

49 And as we have #BORNE (past tense) the image of the earthy,

we SHALL also bear the image of the heavenly.

All brethren who slept in HIM are there already.

We are there too in our spirits

50 Now this I say, brethren, that
Flesh and blood #CANNOT inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery;

We shall not all sleep, (IN DEATH)
but we SHALL all be changed, (WHEN WE ENTER INTO THE NEW JERSUALEM)

WE ALL DON’T HAVE TO “DIE” (PHYSICALLY) BEFORE WE EXPERIENCE THIS TRANSFORMATION.

WE REMAIN WHILE THIS TAKES PLACE

SHALL – Timeline and Audience;

THE NEW JERUSALEM HAD NOT ARRIVED HERE.

WE HAD NOT ENTERED IN YET AS AT THE TIME THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN.

WE ALL AGREE WE ARE IN THE KINGDOM ALREADY,

YET,

#WE_ALSO_BELIEVE_FLESH_AND_BLOOD_CANNOT_INHERIT_THE_KINGDOM_IN_WHICH_WE_ALL_CLAIM_TO_BE_IN_ALREADY.

THIS IS ONLY SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED.

#WATCH_THESE_PARALLELS

EGYPT TO CANAAN WAS 38 YEARS,
CRUCIFIXION (AD32) TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OLD/PHYSICAL JERUSALEM/ ARRIVVAL OF THE NEW JERUSALEM (AD70) WAS ALSO 38 YEARS

BOTH APPROXIMATED ~ 40 YEARS
COULD THIS ANSWER THE FACT THAT JESUS, THE HEALER, VISITED THE POOL OF BETHSDA WHICH FULL OF SICK PEOPLE AND ONLY HEALED ONE MAN?

#HE_ALSO_HAD_BEEN_SICK_FOR_38_YEARS

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, #AT_THE_LAST_TRUMP:
for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
AND WE (WHO HAVE NOT YET SLEPT) SHALL BE CHANGED.

The last trump isn’t the rapture. The trump is the sound of battle, it is the same trump-of-God sound found in 1 Thessalonians 4:16. The trump brought the cloud of judgment upon the old Jerusalem: THE archangel (Michael) only appears for warfare, The Lord (Owner) is shouting! Why, HE has returned to deal with the wicked husbandmen (Matthew 21:40) come on somebody. This happened with the destruction of the Old Jerusalem. The destruction of the Old brought in the New by which the “alive and remaining” entered into the resurrection (aside the FIRST resurrection as witnessed in Matthew 27:52) just as Joshua and Caleb who were alive (didn’t have to die necessarily to enter) and remain, (did not sleep) entered Canaan. WE ALL ENTERED…. Pheeeeew!

53 For this corruptible (“DIEable”) MUST put on incorruption (UNDIEable), and this mortal (flesh that can die) MUST put on immortality (still flesh that cannot die, the type ADAM POSSESSED BEFORE THE FALL).

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,
Death is swallowed up in victory.*

can we please compare this (Death is swallowed up in victory) with the next verse

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

GOT IT; ?

DEATH ~ SIN ~ THE LAW

TO, AS AT OF TODAY PUT THE SWALLOWING UP OF DEATH IN A FUTURE IS TO AFFIRM THAT THE LAW IS STILL IN FORCE AND THAT THE GRAVE (HADES, WHICH JESUS VANQUISHED) STILL RETAINS ITS POWER OVER BELIEVERS.

WHY THEN DO WE “SLEEP” INSTEAD OF DIE?*

57 But thanks be to God,
which GIVETH (THIS IS BEYOND JUST A GERUND) us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

AS LONG AS WE REMAIN IN THE FLESH, THE VICTORY WE HAVE OVER DEATH IS A CONTINUOUS, NEVER ENDING SUPPLY.

I KNOW WHO I AM, HEAVEN PAY ULTIMATE AND OPTIMUM ATTENTION TO THE KIND OF LIFE I HAVE RECEIVED.

I AM THAT IMPORTANT

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye STEDFAST, UNMOVEABLE (by the naysaying of detractors against the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ), always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

*Refer to verses 33-36
[33]Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.