【林前15:36】无知的人哪，你所种的，若不死，就不能生！【1Cor15:36】How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

死人怎能复活？复活的身体是什么样子？那个时代的哥林多人难以理解和想象。就连十二门徒跟着耶稣见到那么多神迹，当耶稣宣告自己将要受难并复活的预言时，How can the dead be raised? What will the resurrected body be like? These were questions the Corinthians of Paul’s day struggled to comprehend or even imagine. Even the twelve disciples, after witnessing so many miracles with Jesus, could not grasp the hope of resurrection when He foretold His suffering and rising again—他们只为死亡忧愁，完全无视复活的盼望。保罗用人人都熟悉的种子的比喻，来解释神国度里复活的属灵法则：they focused only on His death and were filled with sorrow. Paul used the familiar image of a seed to explain the spiritual law of resurrection in God’s kingdom:

你所种的，若不死，就不能生。正如耶稣所说：一粒麦子，若不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒，若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. Just as Jesus said: “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”农夫播种时，满怀希望：种子虽然埋在地里死去，却要带来丰收的喜悦。属灵的生命经历破碎时，若肯落下来，谦卑降服，死去自我，必要得着复活的生命。When a farmer sows, he does so in hope; though the seed is buried and appears to die, it will one day bring a joyful harvest. In the same way, when our spiritual life is broken, if we are willing to fall down, to humble ourselves, and let our old self die, we will surely receive resurrection life.

耶稣死了又活了，且活到永永远远。那在基督里死了的人必先复活。不死，就不能活！死，是得着复活的必经之路。Jesus died and is alive forevermore. Those who die in Christ will be raised first. Without death, there can be no life! Death is the necessary path to resurrection.正如耶稣说：凡想要救自己生命的，必丧掉生命；凡为我丧掉生命的，必得着生命。历世历代，无数的见证人因信甘心舍己，丢弃万事，他们经历了复活的大能。As Jesus said: “Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for My sake will find it.” Throughout history, countless witnesses of faith have willingly denied themselves and let go of all things; they encountered the power of the resurrection.

主啊，赦免我的无知，想要复活，却害怕“死”的苦和痛。不死就不能活，这属灵的法则永不更改。Lord, forgive my ignorance—wanting resurrection yet fearing the pain and suffering of “death.” Without death there can be no life. This spiritual law never changes.主，惟有信而听从你的话，背起我自己的十字架，叫己意受苦，钉死自己的不信、惧怕、骄傲、自我中心…信耶稣拯救的大爱，信复活的应许和盼望，活出饶恕和爱，见证耶稣叫死人复活的大能！Lord, only by believing and obeying Your word—taking up my cross, letting my will suffer, putting to death my unbelief, fear, pride, and self-centredness—can I live. I choose to trust in the saving love of Jesus, to believe in the promise and hope of resurrection, and to live out forgiveness and love, testifying to the mighty power of Jesus who raises the dead!

（付传道Pastor Fu）