Summits Who Enjoyed the Blessing of the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:50-58)

                                        The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:                                 4/4/2021

   Summits Who Enjoyed the Blessing of the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:50-58)                

 

Christ’s resurrection is clear evidence that ensures how tremendous the blessing of the gospel and salvation is. First, it is an absolute blessing. The Son came for the fundamental problems that we can never solve. He solved all of life’s fundamental curses because He is the Son. The resurrection is the evidence of the Son (Romans 1:4). Second, it is a unique blessing. He is the unique one person on this earth who died for our curses. He is also the unique one who has been resurrected from the dead. What kind of works would take place if He who is truly unique, is with us in our lives and helps us? Works of uniqueness and recreation will take place. Third, it is a perfect blessing. Because Christ has resurrected, the life of resurrection is within us the moment we accept Him. If it had ended with His death, we would still be in sin and be of all people most to be pitied (1 Corinthian 15:17-19). The resurrection is our absolute hope amid our absolute despair. That is why the gospel is complete. Fourth, it is an eternal blessing. We will resurrect just as Christ resurrected (verse 51-52). The evil will resurrect to be judged and those who believe in Christ will resurrect for eternal life (John 5:29). I must enjoy three practical blessings in my life through this gospel of resurrection. Then, we become those who have experienced the resurrection. Just as Paul confessed, “he appeared to me also” (verse 8), we must stand as a witness of the resurrection. Only those who have experienced the blessing of the resurrection can save me, the world, and the church. They are the true summits that God uses.

 

  1. My old life ended the moment I came to know the gospel of resurrection and accepted Him. This is called the “gospel of deliverance.”

1) That is why it says, “The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17). It is the answer to past problems.

We can never start anew if we cannot come out of our past. It is because the past shackles us.

Regardless of whether someone says something to me, the past (greed, failure, and scars in me) that is set in me holds me down. The dark things of the past are set in my thought and brain. This is why we must change our imprint.

Hence, Christ gave us the blessing of deliverance through His death and resurrection.

Therefore, it says, “through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:1-2). Inside the word law, there is a notion of authority. It is the old frames and mechanisms that set me for failure. Bound by this, we fail. My past problems can no longer hold me. I must change my frame of thought and mechanism.

2) I no longer live, but Christ lives in me as my master (Galatians 2:20). It is the answer to my present problems.   

In my reality and today, various problems and conflicts may come again (problems of making ends meet, interpersonal relationship conflict, sickness, etc.).

Live with the faith that believes in Christ who has died and resurrected to deliver us from that problem. Do not worry and be discouraged. There is no greater despair than death. Thus, He destroyed despair through His resurrection.

Since Christ who has resurrected and is living is in me, discover His will, receive guidance and live with His power.

Because He needs to help us by transcending time and space, He is with us by Spirit. He is the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-18).

3) Lastly, the answer to problems of the future.  

Although I do not know the ways I take, He who has resurrected and is with me has prepared it (Job 23:10).

Christ became my way (John 14:6). So, we go knowing the way and knowing the future. It is because although I do not know what may happen the next minute, He who is with me knows the way and He has prepared the way. Do not be hasty but be guided while waiting. My greed and humanism based on my standards will eventually fail and crumble.

That is why God guided the Israelites with clouds when passing through the wilderness. Did they look foolish?

Today’s science can predict and see in advance to prepare for the weather of that day and week. God moves that science and even transcends science to work (supernatural science, spiritual science). If you know God, He is so specific like science, it gives goosebumps (Ephesians 3:20).

 

  1. The second blessing inside the gospel of resurrection is that He destroyed the head of Satan. This is called the “gospel of victory.”

1) This was the first covenant of the gospel (original gospel) that was given to Adam, the first life, immediately after he fell (Genesis 3:15).

Satan is behind all of life’s problems, conflicts, and failure. It started with Adam who was once complete.

Do you keep failing? 

You keep lying and there are animosity and rage. As that progresses, it makes someone into a swindler and even causes murder. That does not simply come out of nowhere. There is a being who is a murderer and liar from the beginning (John 8:44).

Are you continuously anxious and being oppressed? The devil brings anxiety and oppresses people with every means (Acts 10:38). One could be oppressed by his conscience after sinning. Despite living honestly, a time where you’re being oppressed could come for no reason. It is a spiritual problem. Christ came as the Son of God to destroy the spiritual problem and the works of the devil (1 John 3:8).

2) Christ destroyed the head of Satan as He resurrected.  

“Where, O death, is your victory/ Where, O death, is your sting?” (verse 55). What does death signify here?

It signifies Satan who has the authority of death (Psalms 49:15). He steals and leads us to destruction (John 10:10).  You must know this spiritual fact to know why there are empty, abandoned, and dying places and give an answer.

Christ’s resurrection is the time of victory that destroyed this authority of death.  It means that Christ will continuously hand us victory. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 is possible because we know this conclusion. The devil knows in advance and flees when we restore our faith in Christ who is victorious (Joshua 2:11, Deuteronomy 28:7).

 

  1. The third blessing inside the gospel of resurrection is that none of our labor and devotion will go in vain. This is called the “eternal gospel

1) A kernel of wheat may seem dead on the ground, but it bears much fruit (John 12:24).  

It said that we will reap a hundred-fold for what we discarded, lost, and planted for the gospel (Mark 10:29-30). So, under any circumstances, do not waver while doing the Lord’s work and doing good works (verse 58).

2) What is more important is the eternal blessing. The day we will receive the kingdom of God as an eternal inheritance will come (verse 50).

When is that? It says that trumpets will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable and be changed on the day the Lord returns. This is the feast of trumpets in the Old Testament. It signifies victory and tells us to hold onto the eternal new start that comes through the resurrection.

 

Conclusion May you meditate on this gospel of resurrection and make it completely yours. They became the summits who saved the age. You will connect with three things. Connect with the throne, with the field we will save, and with the future that we will enjoy forever.

04.04. 2021 English pulpit

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