1- Absolute Impossibility Declared - v50-2- Dramatic Change Revealed - vv51-53-3- Complete Victory Given - vv54-57-4- Faithful Labor Rewarded - v58-- Preparing your heart for the sermon----What is a mystery in the NT- What is the mystery that Paul is making known to the Corinthians----How does this mystery answer the question the Corinthians were struggling with----What is the connection b-w knowing that our labor in the Lord is not in vain and our resurrection----Other passages to consider- Isa 25-8- 27-13- Joel 2-1- Hosea 13-14- Matt 24-31- Rom 5-12-21- 7-7-8-30- 1 Cor 3-8-14- 9-17-18- 15- 2 Cor 5-1-4- Phil 3-20-21- 1 Thess 4-13-18- Heb 1-11-12-- Digging Deeper----What things can hinder me from being steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord----How was this victory over death secured- Whose victory is it- How do we come to share in it----How should the truth of resurrection and eradication of death impact our lives now-