Resurrection People

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Resurrection People

Date: Apr. 17, 2025

Passage

1 Corinthians 15:12-28 (ESV)

12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 15:20

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

The gospel is a message for those who are dying. Death is all around us, whether we experience it or not. The gospel gives us hope for a new life. We cannot miss this main point in our Christian lives, for this what Jesus lived, died, and rose again for.

In his earthly life and ministry, Jesus always reached out to those who were suffering and dying. He figuratively and literally raised the dying and dead to life. Jesus died at the hands of the religious and political leaders who cared little for those who were suffering and dying. Jesus rose on the third day to give new life to those who were crippled by fears of death and failure. He changed fearful disciples into bold witnesses of Christ.

Christ has indeed been raised from the dead. Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection is a message of God’s triumph over the strongholds of wickedness, sin, and death. The point of the gospel is that sin and death are not the end. God’s grace and redeeming power will prevail when we have faith in the power of the resurrection.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for always caring for those who are in the midst of suffering and death. You gave us life and you also came to give us new life.

One Word: Christ has risen indeed!

Jesus is Coming with the Clouds

Revelation 1:1-8

Key Verse: 1:7

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

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