THE
WHOLE POINT
Philippians
3:20-21
“But
our citizenship is in heaven. And we
eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power
that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our
lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body.”
The whole point of the Gospel is to
share the good news of Jesus Christ with the world. As God’s Son, Jesus came to earth to live a
sinless life, then to die. (2
Corinthians 5:21). He freely gave
Himself to be whipped and nailed to a cross as human’s sacrificial lamb. (1 Corinthians 5:7). Jesus rose from the dead. He was seen by His disciples and many others.
(Luke 24:1-7, 13-31, John 20-21).
The risen Jesus was recognizable. He
showed His wounds from dying on a cross. He ate food.
(Like 24:40-41). After forty
days, He ascended back to heaven. (Luke
24:50-51). Jesus offers anyone who
believes in Him forgiveness of sins and eternal life in heaven (John 3:15). He intercedes for believers every day. (Hebrews 7:25).
That is the whole point of Christian
faith.
Take away just one fact, and the
Christian faith is a lie. If Jesus isn’t
God’s Son, He couldn’t have lived a sinless life. Nor would His death have satisfied the
Father’s requirement of a perfect
lamb sacrificed for forgiveness of sins.
If Jesus hadn’t risen from the dead, what would be the point of having
faith as a Christian?
Who will we see in heaven? We will see God the father, Jesus and the
Holy Spirit face-to-face. We will meet
Old Testament and New Testament saints.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is God’s Son and accepts Him as Lord
will live in heaven with us. Will you
see loved ones who died long ago in heaven?
Only if they believed in Jesus.
People have strange ideas of heaven,
believer’s residence after physical death. Jesus got to do things first. Just like in any family, older kids gets to
do things first. Believers are adopted
into God’s family, as Jesus’ younger siblings. (Ephesians 1:5). So, all believers WILL also rise from death in
glorious bodies, just like Jesus’.
Take
Home Nugget
Though we will be
different when raised from the dead, our bodies will be recognizable. We will bear a heavenly image. 1 Corinthians 15:49 says, “And just as we have
borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man
from heaven.”
Our resurrected bodies will be perfect for
heaven! Check out the lesson below for
more information about resurrected bodies.
Holy
Father, thank You for raising Your kids back to life so that we can live with
You forever in heaven. Yah, in Jesus’
Name!
J.D.
Griffith
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