How does belief in Christ’s resurrection affect us? Belief in Jesus’ resurrection motivates us to do God’s will. Were it not for his sacrificial death and subsequent resurrection, we would remain under the condemnation of sin and death. (Rom. 5:12; 6:23 - That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned—. For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.) If Jesus was not resurrected, we might as well say: “Eat and drink, for tomorrow we are to die.” (1 Cor. 15:32 - If like other men, I have fought with wild beasts at Eph′e·sus, of what good is it to me? If the dead are not to be raised up, “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we are to die.”) But we do not focus on life’s pleasures. Instead, we cherish the resurrection hope and have every reason to heed Jehovah’s direction in all things.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 06:04:28 +0000
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