Day of Praise

Mo, Dec 3 "Day of Praise"

"And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep." -
1 Corinthians 15:17-20

So let's see here.

"And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile...But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead." (1 Corinthians 15:17 and 20) So our faith is not "futile." All of God's word and all of God's commands and all of God's promises are true. So you can put your faith in God. You can count on him. He'll always come through for you. God is with you. Your sins are forgiven. God's peace is yours. And more and more and more. Our faith is not futile

And let's see.

"And if Christ has not been raised...you are still in your sins...But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead" (1 Corinthians 15:17 and 20) So we are not "still in our sins." They're washed away. They can't keep us stuck in the past. They can't drive our future. We are not "still in our sins." We are in Christ...who is the word of life and the lord of life and the word of love and the lord of love. So we can love life. We can love God. We can love ourselves. We can love one another. And God surely loves us; ah yes, a love that will not fail.

So in sum, "if Christ has not been raised, your day's most certainly gonna be pretty rotten...But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead." Well, alright then, your day's gonna be quite superb. So have a superb day with Jesus.

And don't forget to praise God continually for it.

Man, life is good!!

Because "Christ has indeed been raised from the dead." (1 Corinthians 15:20)

Praise God!



Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson