Overview
Craig Payne of Ottumwa, Iowa, asks a good question: "If after death, we are already in the joy of God's presence, what exactly do we gain from a bodily resurrection– Timothy George, theologian, seminary professor, and executive editor of CHRISTIANITY TODAY, provides a concise answer. In this study, we'll review George's insights and the biblical texts behind them. We'll probe what some people consider to be a difficult issue: If to be "absent from the body" means for believers to be "present with the Lord" as Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5:8, why bother with the bodily resurrection? Isn't simply being in the presence of God good enough?
Table of Contents
SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 15:12–50
LEADER'S GUIDE
• Identify the Current Issue
• Discover the Eternal Principles
—Teaching point one: "Why do some among you say there is no resurrection?" (1 Cor. 15:12)
—Teaching point two: "How are the dead raised?" (1 Cor. 15:35)
—Teaching point three: "And with what kind of body do they come?" (1 Cor. 15:35)
• Apply Your Findings
ARTICLE FROM CHRISTIANITY TODAY
• Heavenly Bodies, by Timothy George (February 2003, Vol. 47, No. 2, Page 84, 10 printed pages)
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