(from yesterday’s scripture reading)
SCRIPTURE: 1Corinthians (NIV) 15:14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith….
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
20 BUT Christ has indeed been raised from the dead!!!
OBSERVATION: Today we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. It is a day that fulfilled the promises in the Old Testament that a sacrifice would be made for sin.
Without the resurrection we would have no hope, for in the resurrection we see that the sacrifice of Jesus was acceptable as payment for our sins. It is proof that Jesus died a sinless death. He had no sins for which His death would be required. Death and the grave could not hold Him!
The bloody animal sacrifices were no longer needed for the perfect, sinless blood of a human had been completed.
APPLICATION: The resurrection of Jesus is proof that our faith in His death is no misplaced! The resurrection of Jesus is our assurance that we will again see those who have died believing in Christ! The resurrection of Jesus is the guarantee that our hope goes beyond this life and into eternity!
The resurrection of Jesus gives value to our preaching, witnessing, singing, writing SOAPs and whatever we do to spread the truth about God and His love for us.
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, you sent your Son as a baby to grow and live among men. You sent the Holy Spirit to live in Him and anoint Him in ministry. At your will He died in payment for sins He did not commit. You accept His death as the payment for our sins acknowledged and confessed to you. Your Holy Spirit now lives in your children and is available to embolden us and anoint what we do in the name of your Son, Jesus. Amen
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