LIFE WITHOUT
RESURRECTION
Tuesday,
April 11, 2017
Ephesians [GW] 1:1; 2:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by
God's will. To God's holy and faithful people who are united with Christ … You
were once dead because of your failures and sins.
1Peter 1:3-9 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! God has given
us a new birth because of his great mercy. We have been born into a new life
that has a confidence which is alive because Jesus Christ has come back to
life. We have been born into a new life which has an inheritance that can't be
destroyed or corrupted and can't fade away. That inheritance is kept in heaven
for you, since you are guarded by God's power through faith for a salvation
that is ready to be revealed at the end of time. You are extremely happy about
these things, even though you have to suffer different kinds of trouble for a
little while now. The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith as fire
tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold, and by passing
the test, it gives praise, glory, and honor to God. This will happen when Jesus
Christ appears again. Although you have never seen Christ, you love him. You
don't see him now, but you believe in him. You are extremely happy with joy and
praise that can hardly be expressed in words as you obtain the salvation that
is the goal of your faith.
An oxymoron is figure of speech in which 2 or
more contradictory words are combined to make a point, sometimes becoming a
well-worn cliché. For example: “thunderous silence” “sweet sorrow” “a fine
mess” “accurate estimate” “accidently on purpose” “awful pretty” “Amtrak
schedule”, and my all time favorites, “all natural artificial flavoring”
“genuine simulated leather” and “a little pregnant”.
Today’s title, “life without resurrection”,
is just such play on words, carrying a meaning, but actually an oxymoron; there
being no life without resurrection!
Without Christ’ resurrection personally ours,
this temporal world sojourn whether it pleasurable or disagreeable, prosperous
or poor, is naught but existent plodding in eternal death. (Jn.3:18; Eph.:1-2)
Study His Word and we discover believers
trusting Lord Jesus Christ possess resurrection now. But are we living as
resurrected? Do we walk in the power of Jesus’ resurrection? Do we know the
supremacy of His resurrection? (Phil.3:9-10)
Wonderful though it be, Jesus did not come
and die that men may only escape eternal damnation. He came that men may
realize abundant life here and now; accomplished only through personal experience
of His resurrection power. Without it we will not be His confidant or realize
relational inherent godly confidence. (Jn.10:7-11; Phil.3:1-11)
As His John 1:12 family, we are created by
and in Christ Jesus a resurrected people unto good works, which God has before
ordained that we should exactly walk in them. (Eph.2:10)
Live as resurrected, for “you hath he
quickened [made alive!], who were dead in trespasses and sins” (Eph.2:1)
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