The Gospel of Resurrection

Psalms 149; 1 Corinthians 15-16 

“Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you...For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive…We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will all be changed.”

1 Corinthians 15:1, 21, 22, 51, 52

At the heart of the gospel is the resurrection of the dead and the restoration of Adam’s experience of communing with God, spirit to Spirit. At our salvation, we experience this resurrection-power and new life in Christ through the infilling of the Holy Spirit. This deposit of the Spirit in our lives is a seal, or mark, of our salvation. The full expression of this resurrection-power will be experienced at the sound of the last trumpet when Christ returns. This living hope of resurrection changes how we face death now. Our spiritual bodies will never die, even while our physical bodies decay. Death has been defeated by Christ. This is the gospel.

“Lord Jesus, thank you for resurrection-life, for your glory.”