And the Dead Shall Be Raised (2026-05-10, Cody Brobst, 1 Corinthians 15:50-58)

A sermon on the defeat of death and the hope of resurrection by Cody Brobst. Trigger warning: The introduction to this sermon discusses the death of an infant. Also, an illustration is used that deals with suicide.   Application questions: Why is facing the reality of death generally difficult for us? Think of personal examples of people in your life whom you have lost and the reasons it was hard.  Why is “the sting of death” really the “sting of sin” (v. 56)?  Is Satan responsible for this sting? After all He was the venomous snake who planted the idea in Adam & Eve’s minds in the Garden of Eden, right?  Have you considered that you have victory over death too & not just Jesus (v. 57)?  If the Bible describes plenty about the second resurrection and Christ’s victorious return, why do you think Paul calls it a mystery (vv. 51-52)?   What various details as you think about Heaven, your new body & the return of Christ do you feel relatively in the dark about? Why do you think God did not see fit to include all of that in our Bibles?  Where else in life have you struggled to accept God’s timeline?  Paul drawing from Hosea 13 & Isaiah 25 goes into sayings that provide not just a judgement but a taunt or mockery of death (vv. 54-56). React to that.  Do you think it’s healthy to exercise humor around something so serious?  How would our Christian identity as offensive conquerors in a war through Christ (Rom. 8) empower us to not be afraid of death?  Death is a thing not a person, so who are we actually fighting against? (Hint: see above commentary from v. 56)  Our victory is imperishable, immortal and immovable. Notice the first two are futuristic realities while the third is taking place now in light of the future. Paul says “therefore *be* immovable” (v. 58). What immovable images come to mind?  How can we be like a tree planted by streams of water? What cultural or worldly forces make us movable?  Paul tells us to be steadfast & immocable in the “work” of the Lord and that our “labor” is not in vain. So how are your various vocations/callings informed by the victory we have in Christ? That one day we will be raised?  Imagine the next time you are at a funeral, in the hospital bed, reading a painful news headline on a Tuesday afternoon. How does this passage shape what you will remember to reflect on and the attitude you intend to have?