1 Cor 14
Why go to church?
God's people assemble for one purpose – worship God.
They worship Him by their praying and singing, teaching and preaching.
Worship should result in glory to God, blessings for God's people, and fear and conviction for sinners.
But for these things to happen, Jesus Christ must be Lord of our lives.
And we must yield to the Holy Spirit.
If we come to church to display our spirituality, we'll not only missed the blessings ourselves, but also cause others to miss the blessing.
You see, we come to honour Him, not show ourselves off.
A key word in this chapter is edification, which means 'building up'.
A worship service should lift up the Lord and build up the saints, not puff up the participants.
1 Cor 15
We have a living Lord.
Jesus is alive and the Gospel message is true.
Witnesses who saw Him have passed along their testimony to us.
When you trust Him you receive resurrection life, eternal life!
Death can hold you no more.
We have a living hope.
Jesus Christ will come again.
And the dead in Christ will be raised.
We will have glorified bodies like Christ's body.
Now keep in mind that resurrection is not reconstruction.
God does not reassemble the original body that has turned to dust.
Like fruits and flowers from the planted seed, the glorified body is related to the planted body, but quite different from it.
We have a living dynamic.
See, we have no reason to give up, because Jesus has conquered sin and death.
If you really believe in the resurrection and return of Jesus, well this will characterize your life.
The best is yet to come, so let us give Him our best now - right now, today!
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