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Corinthians 15 is one of my favorite chapters in Paul’s writing because he
spells out the most important truths in such simple detail. To bring this letter of unity to a close,
Paul ends with simple truth. Christ came
and Christ dies for our sake. We know
salvation because Christ came and only because Christ came.
This, then,
speaks to the resurrection. Christ died
and was raised from the dead. Those in
Christ, then, can expect the same conclusion to happen tot them! If Christ was raised, we will be, too!
This should
make sense. If there is no resurrection,
why come to earth to save us. If we
simply die and cease to exist, why bother atoning for our sins? The point of atonement is that life can be
restored to them manner in which God intends.
The point of atonement is so that once we are restored into relationship
with God that relationship can continue on into perpetuity.
This takes
Paul into a conversation about our future existence. Naturally, we cannot know exactly what such a
life will feel like or even look like.
There are a few things that we can know, though. Life with God into the eternal future will be
eternal. We will be immortal. We won’t be omnipotent, but we will not be
concerned with time or death.
This is the
crux of the faith. This is what should
bring us unity. We are sinners; Christ
came to die for our sake. Because Christ
died for our sake, we can live in relationship with God. Because of our relationship with God, we will
live forever with Him under His power in an eternal and immortal existence.
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