Question 50
What does Christ’s resurrection mean for us?
1 Thessalonians 4:13–14
Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
Prayer
Almighty God, we thank you that because Christ triumphed over sin and death we have already been raised to new life in this world and can look forward to everlasting life in the world to come. We pray that until we reach our eternal inheritance you would help us to live for your glory. Thank you that because of Christ’s death and resurrection we can enjoy new life now and in eternal glory. Amen.
Derived and adapted from John Calvin’s prayer in Calvin's Bible Commentaries: Ezekiel, Part II, translated by John King (Forgotten Books, 1847), 304.
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