OUR DAILY BREAD : TO BE CONTINUED...
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 9:41 pmSUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6
TO BE CONTINUED...
READ:
1 COR. 15:54
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Death has been
swallowed up in
victory.
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Growing up in the 1950's, I often attended the Saturday matinee at a local movie theater. Along with cartoons and a feature film, there was an adventure serial that always ended with the hero or heroine facing an impossible situation. There seemed to be no way out, but each episode concluded with the words "To Be Continued..."
The apostle Paul was no stranger to life-threatening situations. He was imprisoned, beaten, stoned, and shipwrecked as he sought to take the good news of Jesus Christ to people. He knew that someday he would die, but he never considered that to be the end of the story. Paul wrote to the followers of Jesus in Corinth, "When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory" (1 COR. 15:54). The passion of Paul's life was telling others that Jesus our Savior gave His life on the cross so that through faith in Him we can receive forgiveness for all our sins and have eternal life.
We are not like the movie hero who always escapes certain death. The day will come when our earthly lives will end either by death or Christ's return. But by God's grace and mercy, the story of your life and mine is "to be continued." ___David McCasland
**Father, we praise you for Your gift of eternal life and say with Paul,
"Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ"
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In life and death,Christ is our hope.
*************************************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Corinthians 15:50-58********************************
50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the
perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a
mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed__
52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For
the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe
itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable,
and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written
will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory.
55 "Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, o death, is your sting?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let
nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of
the Lord, because you know that you labor in the Lord is not
in vain.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Paul wrote chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians in
response to those in the church at Corinth who denied that Jesus
rose bodily from the dead. This chapter is divided into two sections.
In verses 1-34, Paul discusses the reasons to believe that Jesus did
in fact walk out of his tomb. In verses 35-57, Paul talks about the
need for and the nature of our resurrected bodies. These verses
lead to Paul's concluding point in verse 58. While waiting for our
resurrection, "give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because
you know that you labor in the Lord is not in vain." ___J.R.HUDBERG
TO BE CONTINUED...
READ:
1 COR. 15:54
__________________________________________________________________________________
Death has been
swallowed up in
victory.
___________________________________________________________________________________
Growing up in the 1950's, I often attended the Saturday matinee at a local movie theater. Along with cartoons and a feature film, there was an adventure serial that always ended with the hero or heroine facing an impossible situation. There seemed to be no way out, but each episode concluded with the words "To Be Continued..."
The apostle Paul was no stranger to life-threatening situations. He was imprisoned, beaten, stoned, and shipwrecked as he sought to take the good news of Jesus Christ to people. He knew that someday he would die, but he never considered that to be the end of the story. Paul wrote to the followers of Jesus in Corinth, "When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory" (1 COR. 15:54). The passion of Paul's life was telling others that Jesus our Savior gave His life on the cross so that through faith in Him we can receive forgiveness for all our sins and have eternal life.
We are not like the movie hero who always escapes certain death. The day will come when our earthly lives will end either by death or Christ's return. But by God's grace and mercy, the story of your life and mine is "to be continued." ___David McCasland
**Father, we praise you for Your gift of eternal life and say with Paul,
"Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ"
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
In life and death,Christ is our hope.
*************************************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Corinthians 15:50-58********************************
50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the
perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a
mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed__
52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For
the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe
itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable,
and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written
will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory.
55 "Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, o death, is your sting?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let
nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of
the Lord, because you know that you labor in the Lord is not
in vain.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Paul wrote chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians in
response to those in the church at Corinth who denied that Jesus
rose bodily from the dead. This chapter is divided into two sections.
In verses 1-34, Paul discusses the reasons to believe that Jesus did
in fact walk out of his tomb. In verses 35-57, Paul talks about the
need for and the nature of our resurrected bodies. These verses
lead to Paul's concluding point in verse 58. While waiting for our
resurrection, "give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because
you know that you labor in the Lord is not in vain." ___J.R.HUDBERG