What is the Point of Our Life?

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What is the Point of Our Life?

Date: Apr. 18, 2025

Passage

1 Corinthians 15:29-34 (ESV)

29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf? 30 Why are we in danger every hour? 31 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day! 32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” 34 Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 15:31

I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!

If there is no resurrection, we are bound by our sin and failures, and death is the end of the story. If there is no resurrection, our faith is futile and we are stuck in our sin (17). If there is no resurrection, there is no hope beyond our failures and we live the remainder of life numbed by addictions or temporary distractions, which the world offers in abundance.

Resurrection faith is the faith that there is life beyond our sin and shame. There is a grace and power that can overcome all our fears and failures. We no longer have to try to ignore our sins, but we can face our sins and failures knowing that Jesus died and rose again to destroy the power of sin and death. Paul faced death every day (31). Although he went through many hardships as a missionary, he also came to Jesus and found forgiveness, grace, and a new life purpose as a fearless minister of Christ. The resurrection of Jesus can also give our life new joy, passion, and purpose.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for rising from the dead and giving us the courage to face our sin and failures with the hope of your resurrection.

One Word: Come back to your senses

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.

Today's Question

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