Don Merritt Now if there is no resurrection: March 30, 2018

Daily Archives: March 30, 2018

Seriously now…

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Don Merritt

Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? I … Continue reading →

“But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead…”

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Don Merritt

1 Corinthians 15:20-28 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (15:20) If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then the gospel would be a lie; but He did rise from the … Continue reading →

It was just last Wednesday morning that we discussed and  pondered this subject.

We took the first part of these two meditations:

Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised

1 Corinthians 15:29-34

Our focus was on those who are baptised for the dead since they had been born and had died before the birth, works, death and Resurrection. What would or will happen to such as these?

Christ lived and died for All, both Past Present and future – as we can attest since we, here, now believe on him for he died also for our sins, not just for those in his own time.

Time appears to be linear but God in Christ Jesus is not, He is Lord of all time, of all peoples, wherever He created them, yes, even those in other universes.

Yet think again, we also crucified him, as did they, for he died once and for ALL.

As St Francis of Assisi said to his followers

5. That no one should glory save in the Cross of the Lord.

And even the demons did not crucify Him, but you together with them crucified Him and still crucify Him by taking delight in vices and sins.

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Read Don’s meditation/commentary= this is a lateral whimsy

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Source:  https://lifereference.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/

 

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