January 8, 2025
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Reading along with us in Deuteronomy and Corinthians? Here’s today’s reading:
1 Corinthians 15 (NIV)
The Resurrection of Christ
1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.……Continue Reading
Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised in 3 days! Everything we do in the Christian life is because we believe in that basic truth. When I read what Paul says in verse 19 “If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.” I thought while living a Christian life brings us many benefits of being a good person, caring for others, and hopefully making this world a better place it also comes with many challenges of dying to self, chosing the more difficult paths many times to not become corrupted by this world. and why? for what? For a hope beyond this world! If we only have hope in the short term satisfaction this world offers, that is really no hope at all and it does seem senseless. But when we have the Hope in Christ based in that basic truth of what He did for each of us, now that is true Hope to get us through every up and down this temporary life will throw at us.
1 Corinthians 15