Note 1 at 1 Cor. 15:35: This one question of "how" has probably caused more unbelief and rejection of God's Word than any other. Finite man is always wanting to figure out infinite God before he puts his trust in Him. This is not wise. We constantly take advantage of, and rely on, technology that we don't understand, yet, in the spiritual realm, few are willing to take that step of faith.

This is not to say that believing God's promises is a blind step of faith. God has provided ample proof in His Word, His creation, and in our hearts to verify any direction He gives. The proof is there. It is not just physical proof. "We walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Cor. 5:7). Faith is our evidence (Heb. 11:1).

There is a correct way to question God as to how something will happen (see note 3 at Lk. 1:34, p. 42), but there is also an incorrect way. The difference is the motive. If we question the Lord as to, "How can this happen? I don't believe it!"-that's wrong. But if we say, "I believe it. How will it happen?"-that's okay.

God's integrity should never be an issue with us. We should settle that question once and for all. After that, our only concern is what His promises are, not how these promises could come to pass. We can rest assured that however God brings His Word to pass, He will do it honestly. That's not our concern.

Note 2 at 1 Cor. 15:35: Charles Taze Russell, founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization, in denial of the bodily resurrection of Christ states, "Our Lord's human body was, however, supernaturally removed from the tomb . . .whether it was dissolved into gases or whether it is still preserved somewhere as a grand memorial of God's love

. . .no one knows." (The Time is at Hand, p. 129). If, according to the Watchtower organization, the body of the Lord Jesus was not raised from the dead, then what part of Jesus was raised?

In every gospel account the missing body of the Lord was the evidence of a bodily resurrection (Mt. 28:6; Mk. 16:6; Lk. 24:3, 23). If Jesus was raised a spirit, as the Jehovah's Witnesses organization claims, then why did Jesus correct this false view by saying, "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself, handle me and see; For a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have" (Lk. 24:39)?

The truth is, Jesus was not raised a spirit, but rather with a spiritual body (1 Cor. 15:44, 49). Notice that Jesus did not say, "Behold my fake nail prints and wounds; I'm really just a spirit." Jesus said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. . .But he spake of the temple of his body" (Jn. 2:19, 21). Furthermore, Old Testament prophecy taught a bodily resurrection (Job 19:25-27; Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2; Ps. 16:9-10; 1 Cor. 15:3-4).