Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 8
He states bluntly: “our resurrection or the lack of it… will be a direct result of the choices that we make now over who is the Lord of our life by who we are obeying”; how does that land with you emotionally, and what scriptures or theological commitments do you feel rising up either in agreement or resistance?
Another way to ask: How do you feel when you hear, “Your resurrection depends on who you obey now”? What Bible verses or beliefs in you agree with it, and which ones push back?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The transcript expects this claim to feel weighty but also hopeful: it confronts complacency, yet it energizes because “we can change now.” The speaker’s own supporting scriptures are Romans 6 (obedience shows lordship), Romans 8:11 (the Spirit makes alive now and later), and the Adam/Christ contrast (choices produce death or life).
- He says plainly: “our resurrection or the lack of it… will be a direct result of the choices that we make now… by who we are obeying.”
- He ties emotion to hope: “This is so exciting… we can change… I don’t have to live… in lust… angry… fear.”
- He grounds it in Romans 6:16: “to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are.”
- He cites Romans 8:11 as both present and future: the Spirit “quicken[s] your mortal bodies,” and “that’s not just… down the road… [it] happens now.”
- He connects it to 1 Corinthians 15: as in Adam (choosing his way) “all die,” but “in Christ” (following the new Adam) “made alive.”
- The transcript doesn’t include other scriptures people might raise in resistance; it mainly presses Romans/John/Acts/Psalms.