Free Daily Devotional for SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022

SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022

TEXT: 1 Corinthians 15:20-28

20. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the fristfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

21. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

22. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

23. But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

24. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, 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 he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.

28. When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

(New International Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: CERTAINTY OF CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II)

The Scripture affirmed to us yesterday the centrality of Christ’s resurrection which is very vital to our Christian faith.

Apostle Paul goes further to affirm his belief in Christ as the “first fruit of those who has fallen asleep” and that the same God who raised Christ from the dead will in the end give life to those who belong to Him.

It was by man (Adam) that death came. It is also by Man (Jesus) that resurrection came (vs. 20-22). Paul was looking ahead to the future, to the time for which Christians were hoping (v. 19). It is God’s power that gives life to generated souls who will appear before Him to give account. This truth should guide our relationship with God and our fellow men.

Although we may not see the effects of this resurrection here and now, “It shall come at the end” (v. 24). The end here means at Christ’s coming when all evil powers, including evil rulers and the led, would have been completely destroyed. He will then reign over all His enemies together with the saints (vs. 25-27). The Apostle closed today’s devotion as he opened the eyes of the Corinthian church to a common practice that showed they believed in ‘resurrection’ (v. 29) without realising it.

He asked about those who were ‘baptizing the dead’ with the hope that their dead would resurrect. Resurrection is central, if it’s not true, then our faith falls. Gog forbid.

QUESTION: How much time do you give to studying the Scripture so as to be more rooted in your beliefs?

PRAYER: Give me grace, dear Lord, to study and show myself approved unto You as a believer who is not in doubt of my faith in Christ, in Jesus name, Amen.