Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Jan 21

O death, where is thy sting? …

—1 Corinthians 15:55

Death is the most democratic experience in life for we all participate in it. We think of its happening only to other people. We don’t like to grow old, and we don’t like to die. The Bible teaches that death is an enemy of man and God. But it also teaches that this enemy, death, will ultimately be destroyed forever; that in fact it has already been defeated at the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Death, for a Christian, brings permanent freedom from evil. It also means the believer will be like Jesus. We shall be like Christ in love. So much of self is involved in what we do here; but one day, in Christ, we will have perfect love. What a glorious time it will be when we get to heaven!


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This is the altar

January 20
“Then David said, this is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering
for Israel” (1 Chron. 21:28; 22:1).
It was not for a mere earthly kingdom that God was calling David. He had for him a kingdom
far higher and greater than that. We have seen the growth of joy in David’s life, stage by
stage, and we have seen what it was that gave both to God and to David the greatest
satisfaction, even the revelation to him of God’s plan and pattern for His temple.
Before God could reveal His plan to him, He had, as we have seen, to bring David by a path
of sorrow to the threshing-floor of Araunah, the Jebusite. Then David realised that that same
plot of ground upon which he built his altar and burnt peace offerings was wanted by the Lord
to build His temple. God could have told David from the very beginning to build His house in
that place, but David was not ready then to receive such a command or instruction. It is only
when we are truly ready and prepared that God can give to us the instructions of His heart.


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