From Background Notes [BN] for July 21st & 22nd
written by Pastor Bob Brown:
Martha's original belief about resurrection was textbook Second Temple Judaism, recited nearly by rote. "Why, of course, Jesus, I believe in the last day kind of resurrection--don't we all?" What Jesus does is make this abstract tenet of faith into a living reality, embodied in himself.
Martha's original belief about resurrection was textbook Second Temple Judaism, recited nearly by rote. "Why, of course, Jesus, I believe in the last day kind of resurrection--don't we all?" What Jesus does is make this abstract tenet of faith into a living reality, embodied in himself.
Resurrection is not something which
happens only at some time in the future, but it is the personal, living
assurance of Jesus, the source of eternal life. Jesus is the
resurrection (see John 5:26 where the Father gives to Jesus the ability to have
"life in himself") and is not only the one who makes resurrection
happen at the last day. Neither the state of death nor the state of life
affect Jesus' ability to raise the dead.6 Hope for the future does not rest
with believing in an idea but with believing on the person of Jesus.
[BN, 7]
Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:
* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am, 5:30pm
Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:
* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am, 5:30pm
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