April 24 - Risen

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He Is Risen.

Are you?

Romans 6:22-23

22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Jesus showed his power over the physical death and most importantly the spiritual death. Being the perfect man, he was the perfect sacrifice to set us up for victory. Before accepting Christ and the life that comes with that, I was dead in my sins. My life, spiritually, had no pulse and I was flat-lined. Thankfully though, Christ came to save me and give me a second and better life. The question is...

Am I proving to those around me that I am, indeed, alive in Christ?

If Christ is the example we are to follow as Christians, why are so many of us looking so dead in our living? Death is not a hard thing to accomplish, which is probably why so many people are okay with serving a master that is temporary. Truly living, both in the physical and spiritual, hand in hand, is quite the opposite. It takes perseverance, dedication, responsibility, trust, commitment, and faith. Many people lack these characteristics or if they have them, they are very weak in those areas. We are called to strengthen our relationship with Christ daily by taking up our cross.

Living like Christ will certainly glorify God.