Sun.’s Devo - Resurrection

Read: Job 12:1-15:35; 1 Corinthians 15:29-58; Psalm 39:1-13; Proverbs 21:30-31 Job defends his stand. He is appealing to God’s throne and expects an answer. God is the one who is wisdom and holds the mysteries of the earth and his life. He accuses his friends of playing God and trying to judge him themselves. *** Job cries out to the Lord and asks him to examine his heart and his motives. He realizes how small and insignificant man is and how short their lives are on earth. He asks about resurrection and if they would live again. He wonders if there is a way that his sins could be covered. He is looking for hope for tomorrow instead of resolve that it is not going to get any better. He is wanting life, not death. *** Thank God, he gave us the answer for everything Job was lacking in Jesus. *** Eliphaz spoke up and he accuses Job of having no fear of God and being too familiar with God. He thinks Job has no right to ask God about things he imagines. Who is Job to question his ways. Job is a visionary who sees beyond the surface, but Eliphaz only sees facts and gains knowledge from his experiences. Job sees that God goes far beyond man’s experience. *** In Corinthians, Paul made an argument for believing in the resurrection of the dead. He pointed out that they practiced getting baptized for a dead relative, yet they claimed they didn’t believe in the resurrection. Why would they get baptized if they didn’t believe it would affect the person after they died? *** The whole premise of the gospel has to do with resurrection. It was the reason Paul lived his life on the edge of death to preach the truth about Christ. *** They wondered what a person looked like in the resurrection but Paul explained it was just like a seed. An apple seed is going to produce an apple. The same is true of us. We will look just like the seed that is placed in us. If the Word is in us and Jesus is in us, then we will look more like him and yet like us. In other words, we will look like ourselves, only glorified. They didn’t recognize Jesus when he came back to life until they heard his voice. His glorified body must have been something wonderful. It is a mystery, but when it happens it will all make sense to us. *** We will go from being a living person to a life-giving Spirit just as Jesus did. Our body will die and be turned back to dirt, but our spirit will live forever. *** Lord, thank you that we have eternity to look forward to.