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Tag: Feb 24

  • Death Could Not Hold Him

    Acts 2:24 “Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.”

    The cornerstone of cornerstones for Christianity is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul made this clear in 1 Corinthians 15:13-17 writing, “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. 14  And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15  Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. 16  For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17  And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!” 

    Oh, vanish such a thought that Christ is not risen!!

    Yes, He is risen.  As Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, he made it clear that DEATH COULD NOT HOLD HIM!  While Christ did die and He was buried, the third day He arose, (RESURRECTED) from the dead.  Death was DEFEATED.  We serve a risen Savior.  His testimony is stated in Revelation 1:18 “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”

    The ramifications of His resurrection are way too many to put in this devotional.   Full books have been written and are worth your time to explore. What we do know is that since Christ was raised from the dead by God, we will one day be raised from the dead. (1 Cor. 6:14)

    Believing what God did in raising Jesus from the dead is essential to salvation. Romans 10:9  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  Have you believed in your heart that God raised Him from the dead

    Continue Strong 
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  • God’s Marriage Math Is One Plus One Equals One! 

    Genesis 2:24  “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”

    The institution of the family has existed from the very beginning of time. Within the story of creation, God gives HIs instructions for the institution of the family.. Before there was any government and before the church, we had the family. Our verse, Genesis 2:24 makes clear what God’s design is for the family as it will give you the key people of a family. There are two genders and only two. There is a man and a woman. When the man marries the woman, the man will gain the title of being a husband, and the woman will be a wife. As husband and wife, they may have a child and maybe even children, so now the man is not just a husband but a father, and the woman is not just a wife but a mother. If the child is a male, he will have the title of son, and if the child is a female, she will have the title of daughter. If they have more than one child and it is a male, the males have the title of brother, and if it is a female, the females have the title of sister. 

    Going back to Genesis 2:24, God tells the man who is marrying a woman to leave his father and mother and be joined to someone else’s daughter, and he will be her husband and she will be his wife.  The instructions are clear that they are to leave. They are to leave so they can be joined together or cleave.  Marriage is about leaving and cleaving. 

    Many Biblical scholars will say from this component of leaving and cleaving marriage is the preeminent relationship! This also is to be a permanent relationship as the husband and wife are to be one flesh. 

    As we consider these instructions we conclude (not unique to me) that God’s math is one plus one equals one. I consider Genesis 2:24 (repeated by Jesus in Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9 and Paul in Ephesians 5:31) and Ephesians 5:33 to be the most important teaching for marriage. Genesis 2:24 teaches leave and cleave while Ephesians 5:33 teaches the husband to pay attention to his wife and the wife to give admiration to her husband. Following God’s instructions for marriage will bring about an enjoyable and enduring marriage!

    Continue Strong learning and living out your role and responsibilities in your family,
    And remember to DATE The Word