LIFE WITHOUT RESURRECTION
1Peter [GW] 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)
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 godly confidence. (Jn.10:7-11; Phil.3:1-11)
As His 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)
EBB4 Thursday, March
29, 2018
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