1 Cor. 15, part 2

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57)

Perfect Peace

My blog is sort of stalled here in the middle of 1 Cor. 15; 1 1/2 chapters to the end. But it's Christmas time and we have  a lot going on this year. We are packing and moving; we are visiting my daughter in MN; I am trying to get a new job; we are trying to put in new flooring, etc. for the new house; and do Christmas, all amongst working two full time jobs. Though these are good things, blessings, Dale and I at different times have been riddled in anxiety and stress, overwhelmed. It is at these moments, we have learned, that we need to sit at the feet of Jesus and let the Holy Spirit offer His peace.

This is a beautiful song by Laura Story. Just what the doctor ordered. Close your eyes and take a listen.

1 Cor. 15

"But if there is no resurrecton of the dead, not even Christ has been raised...For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied." v. 13, 16-19

"The two ressurections, Christ's and believers', stand or fall together; if there is no resurrection, then Christ is dead." Wow. That is the truth in a nutshell. Christianity can only work this one way. The Hope of the Old Testament either came, died and was resurrected in the New or the whole Bible and it's truths are null and void.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident." : In epistemology (theory of knowledge), a self-evident proposition is one that is known to be true by understanding its meaning without proof.