Jesus' Resurrection: Power for Daily Life
JESUS IS RISEN!
We don't say "Jesus Has Risen" (past tense) because He is still alive to empower us for daily living!
The Scripture below shows the Apostle Paul's revelation and perspective regarding the resurrection of Jesus as DAILY POWER for living, not only a glorious event in the past. He contrasts his knowledge/credentials/experiences with the far greater experience of knowing Christ.
[Brackets are my comments]
Philippians 3:1 NLT, Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith.
2 Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved. [or any other religious deed] 3 For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort, 4 though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could. Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!
5 I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law. 6 I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.
7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. 8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. 10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, 11 so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead! [In daily life]
Happy Resurrection Sunday....EVERYDAY!
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Join us at New Covenant Church Indy today at 10:30am ET
www.NewCovenant.org
