'I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily' (1 Corinthians 15:31).
Christ our Lord came and died for each and everyone to save us from the bondage of sin. He lived on this earth, ministered to the needs of all who He encountered; He was crucified, and resurrected and is now interceding for us, as our High Priest in Heaven. What if there was no resurrection? What would be the implications for God's people? The preaching of the gospel would be a lie, our faith would be worthless and we would all have remained in our sin. Paul is saying, there would be no cause to his dying daily, or for any one who believed and accept Jesus as their personal Saviour to die daily. Paul was expecting death at any time for Christ's sake. He was constantly in peril of his life, he encountered extreme sufferings and was beset with death. He was willing to die at anytime and in any way for Christ's sake. He did not count his life dear unto himself, but was willing to lay it down for Christ and the Gospel sake because he believed in the resurrection of Christ - of the dead. We have to rejoice and give thanks that Christ was raised from the dead. One day He will return for His people who believed in Him; who died in Him and will be resurrected to new life. Glory to God! Like Paul, we who accepted Christ must be willing to lay down our lives for Christ and the Gospel sake. We must through the power of the Holy Spirit be ready to take up our cross and follow Jesus daily, as we die to self. We must rejoice to suffer, or die for the cause of Christ as we live for Him. We must seek to examine ourselves each day, to see whether we be in the faith, to come at the foot of the cross daily laying all before Christ and be in a place where we are not ashame to die for Him. Let us understand that we must die while we live, so that we may live when we die. Let us keep rejoicing in Christ until He returns.
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Devotional 'The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed' (Psalm 28:8). The Lord our God is the glory of our strength, and in His name we shall rejoice all the day. The Lord is our strength, and the saving strength of His anointed. It is through Christ our anointed that all our blessings come to us. Here we see David, who is a type of our Lord Jesus, praising God. What about you? Christ had done much for us and has achieved full salvation for us, therefore, praise Him! We, like Israel are encouraged that the Lord is our Strength and salvation. When we seek to be in a relationship with God, He will protect us from our enemies and save us from the crutches of Satan. Just as how Satan attempts to destroy Christ many times, whilst he was on earth, God saved him and will do the same for us. Christ died to save us all, but it is those who trust Him and have a saving relationship with him that will spend eternity with. He is our High Priest, and J...
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