✝ Daily Encouragement (4/3/24) "Jesus' Resurrection, The Foundation Of Our Faith"
Published: Wed, 04/03/24
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"Jesus'
Resurrection,
The Foundation Of Our
Faith"
Message
summary:
Let us place our faith in the truth of the resurrection, the foundation of our faith!
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"Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by His resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 1:1-4).
Over the last few days I inquired with several whether they were in church
this last Sunday morning and then asked them, "What did your pastor preach on?" (I of course had a pretty good idea of what it would be.)
One response was from Brian, a man who has been attending a church I had
recommended several years ago. He has become a steady attender and Christ-follower. His response to my question was, "He preached about Jesus raising from the dead!" Which of course is the answer I had expected. It's hard to imagine any church not proclaiming that bedrock truth on Easter Sunday! But sadly it does
happen.
![]() "'YES,' we DID have a
"BAD" Easter Service! At Easter 1970 in Monroe, Connecticut, 54 years ago! Linda (my wife) had been saved in High Point, NC in 1969. We moved to CT in 1970, and the girls and I were still not saved!
Easter Sunday, she suggested we go to a church
(evangelical in name)
"for the girls' sake!"
The only thing I remember about the service
was that the Pastor "preached" (spoke) about the ROAD CONSTRUCTION to be coming soon in front of the church!
Linda was distraught as she was expecting her family to hear the Gospel and
get saved, too!"
Well five years later Bob got saved when he was 34 years old listening to a sermon by Billy Graham. He and Linda have been our friends now for some 40 years.
This last Sunday our pastor, like most, preached on the resurrection using
Romans 1:1-4 as his main text. His main point was thetruth of the resurrection as a literal historical event that is foundational to the Christian faith.
He stressed that the vital decision we all must make is whether we believe
this truth or not. Perhaps knowing many visitors were present as a means of honoring their parents rather than by conviction, inevitably there would be some who've been deeply hurt in the past by a church member(s) or a bad experience with a church. Pastor made his appeal to this unnamed group of visitors to consider the truth of the message rather than the deficiencies of the messengers using in our view a very effective
illustration.
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Likewise how many focus on the deficiencies of the church and Christ's
followers (which we all have) when our focus should be on the foundational truth of the Gospel, the resurrection of Jesus Christ!
All of us have been hurt in one way or another and probably more than a few
of us have hurt others as a deficient witness for Christ. Pastor's sermon reminds us as believers that we should always seek to "be an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity" (I Timothy 4:12b).
Let us place our faith in the truth of the resurrection, the foundation of
our faith!
Be encouraged
today,
Hebrews
3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne
Weber
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Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental
Resources
![]() "The Old Violin"
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dward Menaldino This song is not related to the message but this song came to mind since Edward Menaldino, who is now with the Lord, spoke a very encouraging word to me as a young pastor when I was being interviewed for ordination in 1979.
"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 15:58). Now that's a truth I also like to encourage others with!
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