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Brother Jim Shaw Ministries
From Adam's Flesh to Jesus' Quickening Spirit: Paul's Resurrection Chapter and Victory Over Death
Brother Jim Shaw preaches through 1 Corinthians 15, contrasting Adam's natural man with the quickening spirit found in Christ, retelling Paul's dramatic conversion on the road, and closing with Paul's declaration that death is swallowed up in victory.
Adam's Lineage And The Chance Of The Cross
Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast explaining that being in Adam's lineage does not get a person far on its own, but it does grant an opportunity, since mankind's forefathers were made in the image of God and are given a chance to be saved through the cross. Apart from that chance, he says, only fleshly curses pass down from Adam to mankind. He points to Genesis 6 and the interjection of fallen angels, then draws a modern parallel to scientists changing the DNA of mankind in a petri dish before placing it in a womb, producing what he calls two-legged people carrying three DNAs. He insists such beings do not come from the lineage of Adam but from the evils of mankind, and that the distinction matters. He then turns the broadcast to 1 Corinthians chapter 15, preparing to read Paul's teaching on the difference between the natural man and the spiritual man reborn in Christ.
Living Soul Versus Quickening Spirit
Reading 1 Corinthians 15:45-47, Brother Jim Shaw explains that the first man, Adam, was made a living soul, while the last Adam, Jesus, was made a quickening spirit. Before receiving the spirit of Jesus, he says, a person still has a soul much like an animal, carrying emotions such as love, kindness, obedience, and loyalty alongside lusts, hatreds, and vulnerability to evil spirits seeking to live inside and take over that soul. He calls Adam the natural man, and explains that without the interjection of a reborn spirit, a person inherits the whole tree of knowledge planted in the midst of the garden, all the good works and kindness mixed together with all the evident evil. That, he says, is the natural man's whole mess, unable to separate the good from the corruption because both come bundled together until Christ intervenes and grants a genuinely new nature from above.
A Personal Testimony Of Being Blind To Jesus
Brother Jim Shaw shares his own testimony, recalling that he was considered a good, likable guy with no objection to rituals, baptisms, confirmations, communions, mass cards, or candles, yet the moment anyone mentioned Jesus directly, something inside him resisted fiercely. He identifies what was inside him plainly as demons, explaining that the natural man, being fallen, wants nothing to do with Jesus even while tolerating religious trappings comfortably. He contrasts a pope who could remain as blind as a bat with a wino on a street corner whose eyes suddenly open to the kingdom, with heaven's angels rejoicing at his entrance. Once reborn and carrying heavenly traits, he explains, a person stops being governed by what is seen, tasted, touched, smelled, or heard, and stops chasing the sense, comfort, and greed realms that Paul repeatedly warned churches about, especially fornication and covetousness.
Flesh And Blood Cannot Inherit The Kingdom
Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul's statement that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, listing education, initials after a name, money placed in the pew, and even books written as things that remain flesh and blood, often inherited from society, culture, or lineage rather than given from above. He then retells Paul's own transformation, describing how Paul was knocked off his horse, heard a voice, was blinded, and carried off for three days before the apostles, once terrified of him, welcomed a former persecutor of Christians now professing Christ Jesus. Brother Jim notes Paul had been a Pharisee of Pharisees born in the house of Benjamin, educated among religious elites, yet counted it all dung for the knowledge of Christ. He frames Paul's willingness to throw away tradition, ritual, and education, even at the cost of embarrassing his family, as the pattern every believer must follow to truly choose Christ.
The Mystery Of The Twinkling Of An Eye
Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul's description of a mystery, that not all believers will sleep but all will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet, when the dead are raised incorruptible. He explains that the corruptible body, rotting and decaying under the natural man, will be traded for a new body once the earthly rental unit is returned, and that this corruptible must put on incorruption while the mortal puts on immortality. Everything temporal, he says, aging, loss, and discomfort, will be transformed into eternal life with Jesus, a reality he declines to describe further because it will be too awesome to capture in words. He reads Paul's triumphant line that death is swallowed up in victory, calling the death of the saints the ultimate victory, and Paul's mocking challenge, asking death and the grave where their sting and victory have gone.
Grace Gives The Power To Overcome Sin
Brother Jim Shaw closes by reading that the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law, explaining that God's law reveals sin but cannot by itself give anyone the power to overcome it. He teaches that everyone lives under the law before knowing the Lord, but once saved, believers move above the law, following it only because grace supplies the ability to deny flesh and ungodliness. He insists grace is not something fluffy handed out passively, but the miracle of conviction paired with the actual power to fight sin, the very thing that strips death of its sting. Brother Jim ends the sermon with a blessing, declaring Jesus is Lord and saying amen. The announcer returns, thanking listeners and directing them to www.brotherjimshaw.org, a P.O. Box in Vero Beach, Florida, a phone number for the ministry, and Brother Jim's YouTube page for additional messages.