3/24/24 Night of Worship Devo

Devotional

As we prepare for Easter, lets set our hearts on the most important thing

and that is the resurrection of Christ.

The world is always asking questions such as:

what will happen when I die

Will I go somewhere?

Is this all there is?

What does all of this mean?

All of these are valid questions

however, we should know

that we simply need to go no father than scripture to find the answers

In 1 Corinthians 15:16–20 Paul tells us.... “For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.”

Here Paul addresses the issue of resurection and eternal life

he answers the questions asked above

See without the resurrection

that faith we have in Christ would be futile

it would be in vain

it would be worthless

because without the resurrection of Christ

there is no afterlife for us

in fact with no resurrection

our salvation would be false

Death would have proven stronger than God

and the claims of Jesus would have been untrue

There would be no purpose

and we all would be going no where

That, unfortunaly is the world many unbelievers live in

that is why so much emphasis is placed on this life

In fact it isnt too hard to find the

Burial site of Budda

Muhammad’s body

and Gandi’s urn

all very famous religious leaders

and all of them are dead

however,

when you visit the tomb

of Christ

you will find it empy

and that, is where our hope is found

as we contimplate easter

and the ressurection of our lord

let us remember

that the Bodily Resusrection

of Christ is at the center of our

faith

Becuase He rose from the dead

as he said he would

as he promised

we know that what he said

is true and that He is God

The resurrectoin afirms

all of the things Jesus said as truth

it also confirms his ability to say

“I am the resurrection and the life”

Because Jesus did in fact rise from the dead

we can have certainty that are our sins

are forgiven and that this life

is not all there is

Because he rose and defated death

so we will be raised again

His ressurection guarenteed both

his promise to us

and his authority to make that promise

and with that we know that this life

is not all there is

this life is but a stepping stone

this life is but an appetizer of

the wonderful life to come when

we are able to dwell forever

with him in paradise

so no matter what we are going through

no matter what questions we may have

we have hope in the resurrection

let us pray