This document summarizes a class on Biblical Perspectives on Suffering and Disability. It discusses a lecture on 1 Corinthians 15:1-58 about suffering and the hope of Jesus. The lecture focuses on how Paul responds to some Corinthians denying the resurrection of the dead by recalling teachings on resurrection, pointing out logical inconsistencies, and defining what a resurrected body must be. Key points include how Jesus's resurrection has positive implications, how human existence involves solidarity with Adam and Christ, and how our resurrected bodies will be transformed by God and bear His image.

1. BIL 113:
Biblical
Perspectives on
Suffering and
Disability
Glenn Johnson
WS6
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)
WELCOME!

2. Devotion/Prayer: 1 Corinthians 15:51-57
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be
changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised
imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must
clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with
immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the
imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that
is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in
victory.”[h]
55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”[i]
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But
thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.

3. BIL113 Biblical Perspectives on Suffering and
Disability
Previous Workshop
Questions?
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TONIGHT: If the story of Jesus means anything, it all
weighs upon the impact of the resurrection. After all,
disability, suffering, the problem of evil are all victorious if
Jesus is not risen. All life in the universe tends toward
decay. Disability, illness and suffering are “downpayments”
toward this reality. The resurrected body that Christ’s
followers inherit by faith and trust in him is God’s ultimate
answer to fallen humanity.

4. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-
58
PROBLEM: Some Corinthians
Were DENYING the
Resurrection of the Dead
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

5. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-
58
PROBLEM: May Stem From
Their Greek Anthropology
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

6. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-
58
PAUL’S 3-PRONGED RESPONSE
1. Recalls Basic Teaching on Resurrection
2. Points Out Logical Inconsistencies in
Denying Resurrection
3. Tries To Define What Resurrected Body
Must Be
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

7. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-
58
FIRSTFRUITS
HARVEST BELONGS TO GOD v.20
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

8. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-
58
POSITIVE IMPLICATIONS &
CONSEQUENCES
v.20-28
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

9. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-58
HUMAN EXISTENCE
INVOLVES SOLIDARITY:
In Adam….In Christ
v.21-22
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

10. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-58
PERSPECTIVE: COSMIC
DIMENSIONS v. 24-28
What Has
God Done?
Suffering
and the
Hope of
Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1
Cor. 15:1-58)

11. MADEFORFOREVER:
A GLIMPSE AT
1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-58
RESURRECTION BODY?
What KIND?
v.35-49
What Has God Done? Suffering and the Hope of
Jesus As Our Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

12. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-
58
Analogy of the Seed
v. 36-38
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

13. MADEFORFOREVER:
A GLIMPSE AT
1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-58
“Its Own
Body…”
v. 39-41
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

14. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-58
DIFFERENCE: Before and After Death v.42-44
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

15. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-58
ANALOGY: To The First Adam v.45
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

16. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-58
We Shall Also Bear
The Image
v.49
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

17. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-58
God Has the Power To Transform
v.50-57
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

18. MADEFORFOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 CORINTHIANS 15: 1-
58
FLESH+BLOOD=CORRUPTION
The Gulf Between Us & God Is
Too Great Unless God
Transforms Us
What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

19. Contoso
S u i t e s
BIL113 Biblical Perspectives on Suffering and
Disability
Workshop Overview
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Workshop 1- Beginning to Talk About Pain and Suffering:The
Context of the Goodness of Creation in the Old Testament
Workshop 2- The Fall in the Garden and The Lament of
Creation
Workshop 3-The Prophetic Response to Suffering and
Disability (Micah 4:1-10)
Workshop 4- The Question of God and the Problem of Evil
Workshop 5-The Jesus Story of God: Jesus in
Gethsemane/Paul and Suffering (Rom. 8:28)
Workshop 6-What Has God Done? Suffering and the Hope of
Jesus As Our Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

20. Discussion
Our study of the problem of evil,
disability, suffering and the nature of God
in this class should more deeply inform
our response to those wrestling with
these issues.
• What has been the greatest
take-away you’ll have from
our lecture, discussion or
your readings and writings?
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What Has God Done? Suffering
and the Hope of Jesus As Our
Rebellion (1 Cor. 15:1-58)

21. Thank You For
A Great and
Memorable
Class!
April Hansson
Glenn Johnson
Glenn.Johnson@indwes.edu

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