Study Desk

If there isn't an interpreter, there isn't speaking in tongues. Got it? They can still speak in tongues, but only to themselves.

This good news I gave you is the only way you'll be saved, but you can't go lettin' your cinch get loose. You've got to stay pulled down to the message or all of this has been in vain.

But he didn't stop there. He later showed himself to more'n five hundred other riders of the brand all at the same time. Most of 'em are still around today, although a few have gone over the final hill.

Last and least of all, Jesus showed himself to me. I felt like a cowboy who had been born a hundred years too late, but been given the chance to ride in the old ways.

But I am a gunsel compared to those other cowboys that he chose. Why? Because I used to hunt cowboys down and kill 'em. Even though I now ride for Jesus, I ain't worthy to be called one of his cowboys.

It's only because of his grace that I know I really am a cowboy. And you know what? I didn't waste the grace. I ride harder and further, taking the outside in this big gathering of the lost and those who have strayed away. (But it's not really me riding. It's God's grace working through me that allows me to do what I do.)

But Christ did ride back from the grave. He was the first and the rest of his cowboys will follow.

But we ain't gettin' in ahead of the boss. Jesus was brought back to life first. Then, when he comes back to get us, those who've ridden for him will be raised to life again as well.

There's no such thing as a stupid question, but these come close. A plant cannot grow unless it is buried in the ground.

But what you plant isn't the same as what comes up. One is a seed and what comes up is a new plant.

Well, there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. Both are beautiful, but both are different from the other.

It's going to be the same when the dead are raised again. The body is planted like a seed, but it will be raised as something brand new, something that cannot see death, decay, or destruction.

When our bodies are planted, it is with sin and decay. But what we are raised to will be glorious and powerful.

The body that is planted will be a physical body, but the body that is raised will be a spiritual one. We have physical bodies and spiritual bodies.

The Good Book tells us, "Adam, the first man, became a living being." But the last Adam—Jesus Christ—is a Spirit who brings life instead of death.

Earthly folks are like the first, but heavenly people are like the second.

We all may be like Adam now, but a few of us will be like Jesus one day.

But listen to this! Here's a secret, not all of us will die, but we will all be changed.

But we are thankful God has already given us victory and power through our Lord Jesus Christ!

I wish I could come now, but then I wouldn't be able to stay long as I've got other things to do. I want to get them out of the way so I can stay with y'all longer if God says it's okay.