I. EXORDIUM:
Are you in favor of second or first? Which is best for you? first or second?
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that first is not necessarily the best, wait until you hear the second.
Proverbs 18:17 (Amplified Bible)
18:17 He who states his case first seems right, until his rival comes and cross-examines him.
IV. TEXT:
1 Corinthians 15:47 (Amplified Bible)
15:47 The first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] the Lord from out of heaven.
V. THESIS:
Thank You very much LORD JESUS, for I am excited at Your Second Coming where You will come and take me with You, and I will reign forever with You.
VI. TITLE:
First Vs Second
Sub-Title: Second is the Best in the Bible, Seven Major Proofs why Second is the Best
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Apostle Paul
B. Date written: 56 A.D.
C. Purpose: To purify the church from divisions and immorality.
D. To whom written: Corinthian church
E. Main Theme: Unified and pure living, in the midst of an impure world
F. Key word: Love 1 Corinthians 13
G. Key verses: 1 Corinthians 1:12-17; 3:4-7, 21-22; 4:6-7.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
VIII. MAIN BODY:
The Second is the Best as considered by the Bible, while in this world, is different, the first was always given the emphasis, for to the world and in the world of marketing, there's a rule of first, which places greater emphasis on the first one which is always the best according to the world, but how about according to the Bible? That is how the world thinks, but let us think like the Bible, GOD's WORDS and not like the world.
Romans 12:2 (Amplified Bible)
12:2 Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
First is "protos" in Greek meaning before, beginning, best, chief, in the world, even the word "first" means best but the best is of the earth, while Second is "deuteros" in Greek meaning second, afterward, again, second. The second time GOD always reaches out to us to save us from sins we have first committed.
1. First Adam vs. Second Adam
1 Corinthians 15:47 (Amplified Bible)
15:47 The first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] the Lord from out of heaven.
The first Adam was a sinner and fell, while the Second Adam saved us from sin.
1 Corinthians 15:45 (Amplified Bible)
15:45 Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life].
2. First blood of Abel vs. Second blood of JESUS
Matthew 23:35 (Amplified Bible)
23:35 So that upon your heads may come all the blood of the righteous (those who correspond to the divine standard of right) shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar [of burnt offering].
Hebrews 12:24 (Amplified Bible)
12:24 And to Jesus, the Mediator (Go-between, Agent) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks [of mercy], a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel [which cried out for vengeance].
The first blood of Abel cried out of vengeance, while the second blood of JESUS speaks of mercy.
3. First covenant vs. Second Covenant
Hebrews 8:7-13 (Amplified Bible)
8:7 For if that first covenant had been without defect, there would have been no room for another one or an attempt to institute another one.
8:8 However, He finds fault with them [showing its inadequacy] when He says, Behold, the days will come, says the Lord, when I will make and ratify a new covenant or agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
8:9 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their forefathers on the day when I grasped them by the hand to help and relieve them and to lead them out from the land of Egypt, for they did not abide in My agreement with them, and so I withdrew My favor and disregarded them, says the Lord.
8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their minds, even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding, and engrave them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
8:11 And it will nevermore be necessary for each one to teach his neighbor and his fellow citizen or each one his brother, saying, Know (perceive, have knowledge of, and get acquainted by experience with) the Lord, for all will know Me, from the smallest to the greatest of them.
8:12 For I will be merciful and gracious toward their sins and I will remember their deeds of unrighteousness no more.
8:13 When God speaks of a new [covenant or agreement], He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether.
The first covenant has fault in them because it's based on man's performance, while the second covenant of mercy is based on CHRIST's finished work on the Cross.
4. Our first body vs. our second body
1 Corinthians 15:42-44 (Amplified Bible)
15:42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead. [The body] that is sown is perishable and decays, but [the body] that is resurrected is imperishable (immune to decay, immortal).
15:43 It is sown in dishonor and humiliation; it is raised in honor and glory. It is sown in infirmity and weakness; it is resurrected in strength and endued with power.
15:44 It is sown a natural (physical) body; it is raised a supernatural (a spiritual) body. [As surely as] there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.
Our first body, as is, is physical body, but our bodies given to us is a spiritual, glorified bodies.
1 Corinthians 15:48-49 (Amplified Bible)
15:48 Now those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded).
15:49 And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.
5. First body of CHRIST vs. His Second Body
Romans 7:4 (Amplified Bible)
7:4 Likewise, my brethren, you have undergone death as to the Law through the [crucified] body of Christ, so that now you may belong to Another, to Him Who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.
Galatians 2:20 (Amplified Bible)
2:20 I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
But CHRIST's Second body after resurrection is somewhat different from his physical body before because it can enter doors that are locked.
John 20:19 (Amplified Bible)
20:19 Then on that same first day of the week, when it was evening, though the disciples were behind closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace to you!
CHRIST's Second body is glorious because we are the body of CHRIST.
Colossians 1:18 (Amplified Bible)
1:18 He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent].
6. First coming of the LORD vs. Second Coming of the LORD
Revelation 22:7 (Amplified Bible)
22:7 And behold, I am coming speedily. Blessed (happy and to be envied) is he who observes and lays to heart and keeps the truths of the prophecy (the predictions, consolations, and warnings) contained in this [little] book.
Revelation 22:12 (Amplified Bible)
22:12 Behold, I am coming soon, and I shall bring My wages and rewards with Me, to repay and render to each one just what his own actions and his own work merit.
Revelation 22:20 (Amplified Bible)
22:20 He Who gives this warning and affirms and testifies to these things says, Yes (it is true). [Surely] I am coming quickly (swiftly, speedily). Amen (so let it be)! Yes, come, Lord Jesus!
His First coming was rejection and in humility, even death on the cross, but His Second Coming will be in power and majesty.
John 1:10 (Amplified Bible)
1:10 He came into the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him [did not know Him].
Zechariah 14:4 (Amplified Bible)
14:4 And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from the east to the west by a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north and half of it toward the south.
John 13:14 (Amplified Bible)
13:14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher (Master), have washed your feet, you ought [it is your duty, you are under obligation, you owe it] to wash one another’s feet.
7. Elijah as first vs. Elisha as second
Elisha has double portion of Elijah's spirit, what could be better than that?
2 Kings 2:9-10 (Amplified Bible)
2:9 And when they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.
2:10 He said, You have asked a hard thing. However, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you—but if not, it shall not be so.
2 Kings 2:15 (Amplified Bible)
2:15 When the sons of the prophets who were [watching] at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
8. First Death vs Second Death
First death is the natural death that comes to all men.
Hebrews 9:27 (Amplified Bible)
9:27 And just as it is appointed for [all] men once to die, and after that the [certain] judgment,
Second death is the lake of fire, if we are resurrected with CHRIST, then second death has no power over us.
Revelation 20:6 (Amplified Bible)
20:6 Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole, of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand years.
Revelation 20:14 (Amplified Bible)
20:14 Then death and Hades (the state of death or disembodied existence) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:8 (Amplified Bible)
21:8 But as for the cowards and the ignoble and the contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and faithless, and as for the depraved and defiled with abominations, and as for murderers and the lewd and adulterous and the practicers of magic arts and the idolaters (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God) and all liars (those who knowingly convey untruth by word or deed)—[all of these shall have] their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.
GOD doesn't want all men to die without JESUS, how much more those people who will taste the second death.
9. First-time being born vs Second-time being born
First-time being born happened to all men, if you are born into this world then you are affected by the fall of the first Adam, second time being born is born again experience.
John 3:3-4 (Amplified Bible)
3:3 Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God.
3:4 Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother’s womb again and be born?
John 3:5-7 (Amplified Bible)
3:5 Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of water and [even] the Spirit, he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.
3:6 What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
3:7 Marvel not [do not be surprised, astonished] at My telling you, You must all be born anew (from above).
10. First heaven, first earth vs. second heaven, second earth
Revelation 21:1 (Amplified Bible)
21:1 THEN I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea.
2 Peter 3:13 (New International Version)
3:13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
IX. CONCLUSION:
Thank You very much LORD JESUS, for I am excited at Your Second Coming where You will come and take me with You, and I will reign forever with You.
Isaiah 9:7 (Amplified Bible)
9:7 Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the [latter] time forth, even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
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