Never In Vain!
"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
even so God will bring with Him those who sleep
in Jesus."
1 Thessalonians 4: 14
A real estate developer spends a year courting the owner of a
prime piece of land on which he hopes to develop a commercial
shopping and retail space. Just when the owner seems ready to
sell, he backs out and changes his mind on selling the
property
to the developer.
The developer thinks to himself, “A year’s work has been in vain.
All my effort has led to nothing.” It wasn’t totally in vain, of course.
The deal might still bear fruit in the future.
The apostle Paul wrote about something that might truly
be in vain: our faith and our preaching of the Gospel. In vain,
that is, if Christ was not raised from the dead. The Christian
faith stands or falls on the resurrection.
If we don’t serve a living Savior, then our hope in
the resurrection of the dead and eternal life is
vanity.
Instead of a Savior, we have followed only a martyr.
That’s how important the resurrection is.
Today, spend time with the living Savior who gave
His life for you and who will come again to receive
you unto Himself!
"Christianity is in its very essence
a resurrection religion."
John R. W. Stott
