RESURRECTION IS ALWAYS IN SEASON

RESURRECTION IS ALWAYS IN SEASON

  John 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 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 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 begin with a Word search in KJV New Testament.

  Using e-Sword I type in “salvation”, finding 43 verses, 45 mentions.

  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 is seldom mentioned 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 wonder if emphasis on convenience of “saved from” over “resurrected to” reflects an emotional and functional preference on our part? Accepting reprieve sans responsibility.

  Resurrection is not something apart from salvation; they are inseparable; without resurrection there is no salvation! The gospel (good news) very much includes resurrection. (Rom.10:9-10)

  “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. 

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