• I Corinthians 15:44-58
• I Corinthians 15:51-52 – At the end of the world, the dead will be raised. See I Thessalonians 4:13-18.
• I Corinthians 15:56 – See Romans 4:15.
• I Corinthians 15:57 – This victory is resurrection to eternal life with God.
• I Corinthians 15:58 – There will be a resurrection and we will go to either Heaven or Hell. Thus, we must be steadfast. See John 5:28-29.

• Introduction
  • Abound – exceeding measure
  • II Corinthians 1:5
  • II Peter 1:11
  • James 1:21
  • II Corinthians 11:23-28
• Abounding in our service to the Lord in:
  • Faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly kindness, love (II Peter 1:5-7)
    • These things will make sure we bear fruit for God.
  • The walk of the new life (Colossians 2:6-7; I Thessalonians 4:1)
    • The only way to walk in fellowship with God is to allow Him to direct our steps.
    • II Corinthians 5:17
    • Colossians 4:12
  • The work of the Lord (I Corinthians 15:58)
    • It is very important that we abound in the work of the Lord, not of some other religion.
  • Love (II Thessalonians 1:3; Philippians 1:9)
    • Am I abounding in love for my brethren?
    • John 13:35
  • Hope (Romans 15:13)
    • Hebrews 6:19
  • Have we been abounding in all these things?
  • Zephaniah 1:12

• Exodus 23:2 – Warning against peer pressure.
• “A strong marriage and family is usually impossible.”
  • Esther 1:10-12, 19-21 – The king’s attitude toward divorce is a common one today.
  • Temporary marriage license?
  • Matthew 19:4-9; Ephesians 5:22-6:4
• “It doesn’t hurt to look.”
  • Pornography is a huge threat to our marriages!
  • Galatians 5:16-23; I Thessalonians 4:1-8
• “Everybody needs to do what’s best for them.”
  • II Peter 2:3
  • James 5:19-20
  • Titus 2:11-14; Luke 9:23 – Everybody needs to do what’s best for God!
• We must live by the Word of God, not the immoral ideas of people!
  • II Timothy 3

• (Grand)parenting applications: training children to know God’s word (continued)

Specific Goal

Passage(s) to discuss & guide

Ways (grand)parents can exemplify and teach

Temptations and hindrances

Behaviors to correct

Study the Bible

II Timothy 2:14-15; Acts 17:11; Mark 12:10

Answer some kid questions with, “I need to study that”; comment on cross references, translations, content, harmony, and figures.

Quicker and easier to read commentary. Are useful, but should never replace Bible study.

Don’t want to do class lessons with any depth. Attitude: “study is for adults”

Use the Bible as a guide through life

Psalm 119:9-11; James 1:21-25

Exemplify change based on Bible; guide kids’ application of Word by making plans, motivating, accountability.

Change is hard! Easier to go with flow. Takes mature faith to trust text over friends/society.

Hypocrisy: sermon on speech … continue bad words.

Defend the Bible

Hebrews 2:1-4; I Thessalonians 2:13

Be open and honest about science, creation, Bible, evidence, etc.; http://ApologeticsPress.org

We’re not historians / scientists / archaeologists … “Just believe it!”; Afraid to investigate.

“There’s no proof. Everybody just chooses what to believe.”

Use the Bible to teach others

II Timothy 3:16-17; Acts 18:25-26

Exemplify ways to bring up Bible in conversations; practice – “How would you explain ___ to someone?”

Laziness – a good spiritual comment only comes after developing knowledge, thought, courage.

“Well, I think …” instead of “the Bible teaches …”

• I Corinthians 15:29-44
• I Corinthians 15:29-32
  • Several baptisms are mentioned in the New Testament:
    • I Corinthians 10:1-3 – baptism of Moses and Israelites in the sea
    • Matthew 3:11 – baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire
    • Matthew 3:6 – baptism of John the Baptist
    • Ephesians 4:4-6 – baptism of the New Covenant. This is a command and not a promise
    • Luke 12:50; Mark 10:38-40 – baptism of suffering
  • Water baptism is not in this context. Suffering is.
  • “for the dead” – “for” here could be used in the sense of “to fill the ranks.”
• I Corinthians 15:33-34 – This seems to be specifically directed to those who believed in the resurrection as a warning against close companionship with those who did not believe in the resurrection. Those who did not believe in the resurrection were living sinful lives as it says in I Corinthians 15:32: “Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die.”
• I Corinthians 15:35-44 – The resurrected body is an immortal body. We do not yet know what it will be like.