Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 38
Question 38
What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?
At the resurrection, believers being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
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1 Corinthians 15:4343It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
Matthew 25:3333He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.
Matthew 10:3232Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
1 John 3:22Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
1 Corinthians 13:1212Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
1 Thessalonians 4:17-1817After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
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