1 Corinthians 15:29-34
29 Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? 30 And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour? 31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” 33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” 34 Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
29 Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? 30 And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour? 31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” 33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” 34 Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
Jesus told us, “I am the resurrection and the life.” We are baptized with the absolute certainty, true hope, that we will rise again as He did as the first to assure us with proof. When we then suffer as Christ’s, this absolute strengthens us and further gives great joy as we consider ourselves as if each day dying to self and risen in Him. Remember the followers in Luke 24:34 saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” Because of the certainty of hope, we now live each day soberly, righteously, and pleasing to our risen Lord without shame. If we truly know Him, we are awakened and no longer pursue sin, but Him. He brought us from a spiritual grave to new life, and after physical death we will again rise (as He did) to eternal life.
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