RESURRECTION IS ALWAYS IN SEASON
John [MKJV] 6:37-40 All that the Father gives Me
shall come to Me, and the one who comes
to Me I will in no way cast out. For I came down from Heaven, not to do My own
will but the will of Him who sent Me. And this is the will of the Father who
sent Me, that of all which He has given Me I should lose nothing but should
raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of Him who sent Me,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes on Him should have everlasting
life. And I will raise him up at the last day.
John [MKJV] 11:23-26 Jesus said to her, Your
brother shall rise again. Martha said to Him, I know that he shall rise again
in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection
and the Life! He who believes in Me, though he die, yet he shall live. And
whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?
2Corinthians [MKJV]
5:1-10 For we
know that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this we groan, earnestly desiring
to be clothed with our dwelling-place out of Heaven; if indeed in being clothed, we shall not be found naked. For
we who are in this tabernacle groan,
being burdened; inasmuch as we do not wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed,
so that the mortal might be swallowed up by the life. And He who has worked in
us for this same thing is God, who also is giving to us the earnest of the Spirit. Then
being always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are
away from home from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight; then we are
confident and we are pleased rather to go away from home out of the body, and
to come home to the Lord. Therefore we are also laboring to be well-pleasing to
Him, whether at home or away from home. For we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the things done through the body, according to that which he
has done, whether good or bad.
I decided to begin this
day with a Word search in KJV New Testament.
Using e-Sword I type in
“salvation”, finding 43 verses, 45 mentions.
Because of the time of
year I next type in “resurrection”, finding 41 times in 40 verses.
Moving on, I discover
the truth of raising up having to do with resurrection is in 8-10 verses.
Hmmm… we Christians
talk about salvation often, but other than counting funeral mentions, resurrection
seldom outside of Easter time. Pondering a bit more I realize that far more
time is spent on the birth of Jesus than on the topic of resurrection.
I’m wonder if emphasis
on convenience of “saved from” over “resurrected to” reflects a emotional and
functional preference on our part?
Resurrection is not
something apart from salvation; they are inseparable; without resurrection
there is no salvation! The gospel (good news) very much includes resurrection.
“Now if Christ be
preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no
resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is
Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and
your faith is also vain.” (1Cor.15:12-14)
By all means let us celebrate
Jesus’ resurrection at Eastertide . . . and to give more thought and
conversation to His, our resurrection; the fullness of Christ’ deliverance.
Resurrection is not
seasonal. It is the season of life for those trusting The Resurrected One.
EBB4 (Originally written March 28, 2010)
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