Mar 28 2008
Posted by pastorandy under Christianity,just thinking
Living the Resurrection
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:20-22
Death has been swallowed up in victory
1 Corinthians 15:54b
This man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.
Acts 2:23-24
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.
Romans 8:11
These are just a few of the verses taken from the New Testament that speak to what the resurrection was and means. It is the driving force behind New Testament theology and behind what we are to do as the church. The resurrection of Jesus is the supreme sign that God has taken on and defeated the forces of evil and death. It is also the source of the hope that we have not only in this life, but after our death. Paul was very clear in claiming that he believed that by faith in Christ we could hope for and expect God to raise us too from the dead on the last day, not because of our righteousness, but because of Christ’s. Somehow, through faith in Christ, we are saved from death itself. This means that Christians should be celebrating life and giving life. We are a people of life and light.
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