“If
Christ hasn’t been raised, then your faith is worthless; you are still in your
sins, and what’s more, those who have died in Christ are gone forever. If
we have a hope in Christ only in this life, then we deserve to be pitied more
than anyone else. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead.
He’s the first crop of the harvest
of those who have died. Since death came through a human being, the
resurrection of the dead came through one too. In the same way that everyone
dies in Adam, so also everyone will be given life in Christ. Each event will happen
in the right order: Christ, the first crop of the harvest, then those who belong
to Christ at his coming, and then the end, when Christ hands over the kingdom to
God the Father, when he brings every form of rule, every authority and power to
an end. It is necessary for
him to rule until he puts all enemies under his feet."
(Ps 110:1)
"Death
is the last enemy to be brought to an end, since he has brought everything under
control under his feet. When it says that everything has been brought under his
control, this clearly means everything except for the one who placed everything
under his control. But when all things have been brought under his control, then
the Son himself will also be under the control of the one who gave him control
over everything so that God may be all in all."
1 Corinthians 15: 17-28
Common English Bible
This
passage tells me that . . . .
. . . . . . . . . if there’s no resurrection, then Christianity is a waste of time. Why? Because Christianity is not about living a better life or becoming a better person, it is about God bringing about a new and eternal world where, sin is forgiven, evil is removed, and death is defeated.
.
. . . . . . . . . as a believer I
will be raised from dead just as Jesus was.
. . . . . . . . . . Jesus is reigning over the world right now. He’s in charge and He’s good. The implications for how I live now based on that fact, on that reality, are profound. One very simple but crucial implication is this: If Jesus is reigning and I choose not to be subject to Him, then I am in a very precarious position to say the least
. . . . . . . . . . Jesus’ reign will end when even He will come under the reign of the Father at which point God will be all in all.
What
does this passage teach you? (Read
the entire Chapter https://www.bible.com/bible/37/1co.15.ceb
)
. . . . . . . . . if there’s no resurrection, then Christianity is a waste of time. Why? Because Christianity is not about living a better life or becoming a better person, it is about God bringing about a new and eternal world where, sin is forgiven, evil is removed, and death is defeated.
. . . . . . . . . . Jesus is reigning over the world right now. He’s in charge and He’s good. The implications for how I live now based on that fact, on that reality, are profound. One very simple but crucial implication is this: If Jesus is reigning and I choose not to be subject to Him, then I am in a very precarious position to say the least
. . . . . . . . . . Jesus’ reign will end when even He will come under the reign of the Father at which point God will be all in all.
“Lord, help me over the next 5 weeks of this series on Resurrection Living to actually live resurrection. I want to experience tastes of going to heaven BEFORE I die. I want to know the power of Your resurrection and to know it even as I experience the fellowship of your sufferings (Philippians 3:10) Amen”
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