Verse of the Day 2/23

Verse of  the Day 2/23

1 Corinthians 15:3-4  For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,  English Standard Version (ESV)

Is there a certain verse or a certain passage that was instrumental in leading you to faith in Christ?  Do you often go back to that verse or passage?  Has your view of it changed?  In this passage Paul is reminding the Corinthian believers of the Gospel message as spelled out in these verses.  Saving faith is not just saying the sinners prayer or from regular church attendance, but it comes from a change in our hearts that will lead to changed lives and a changed perspective on life.

The notes in my devotional Bible read, "The church in Corinth had lost touch with it's roots.  Dependence on Christ's work at Calvary is not a temporary stage in our spiritual development.  We begin the Christian life with the gospel, and  that same message is what provides ongoing power for living the Christian life.  The truth about "Jesus Christ and Him crucified" is therefore not a basic teaching to be left behind as we mature, but a lens through which we should view all of scripture and all of life."

Does the Word of God "provide ongoing power" in living your life?  It should, if it is not, you need to get back to it.  We need to remember, to go back to those "first things", the good news of the gospel, "that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that He was buried, that he was raised on the third day" and that He is alive forevermore.  May they be the lens through which we view all of scripture and all of life.

--   In Christ,  Mike    Folllow the Verse of the Day blog at http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com  Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,  in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV    

1 Corinthians 15:1-9The Message (MSG)

Resurrection

15 ^1-2 Friends, let me go over the Message with you one final time— this Message that I proclaimed and that you made your own; this Message on which you took your stand and by which your life has been saved. (I'm assuming, now, that your belief was the real thing and not a passing fancy, that you're in this for good and holding fast.)

^3-9 The first thing I did was place before you what was placed so emphatically before me: that the Messiah died for our sins, exactly as Scripture tells it; that he was buried; that he was raised from death on the third day, again exactly as Scripture says; that he presented himself alive to Peter, then to his closest followers, and later to more than five hundred of his followers all at the same time, most of them still around (although a few have since died); that he then spent time with James and the rest of those he commissioned to represent him; and that he finally presented himself alive to me. It was fitting that I bring up the rear. I don't deserve to be included in that inner circle, as you well know, having spent all those early years trying my best to stamp God's church right out of existence.