Message from Scripture: 12/29/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today is 1 Cor. 10:31. “Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s glory.”

 

What Paul expressed to the church in Corinth he expressed to other congregations as well. It’s an important theme we should remember. To the church in Colossae he said, “And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Col. 3:17).  To those in Philippi, he exhorted, “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead” (Phil. 3:10-11).  This Scripture from Philippians reveals that, everything we do, can be to God’s glory because of the resurrection of Christ from the dead.

 

From beginning to end, the resurrection of Christ defines our lives, giving it meaning today and forever, for the glory of God. By the resurrection of Christ, we have confidence when we obey the gospel, that our sins are truly forgiven. By the resurrection of Christ, we have confidence that we can live by the gospel and glorify God in doing so. By the resurrection of Christ, we have a hope that is real and offers us eternal life.

 

To be able to say that we lived, in everything we say and do, to the glory of God, should be our goal in living. This should be true of all Christians, as we both live and leave this life. As Paul said, “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen” (Rom. 11:36). Today, let’s rejoice that Christ came to live and die for us, and by His resurrection everything God promises for us is true. May we live for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that in everything, God is glorified. God bless.

 

Robert