MY
DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion
for Tuesday April 18, 2017
Topic:
Christ Is Our Message
Text:
1 Corinthians 15:12 – 20
In our bible for the day, Paul
asserts that the resurrection of Christ is the centre of the gospel message we
preach. In simple terms, Jesus died for our sins and resurrected
that we may have life. To buttress his point, Paul noted that if Christ was not
raised from the dead, then our preaching is vain. It would be vain and useless
to preach. Without the solid fact of the resurrection, the whole gospel becomes
empty and unreal. If Christ had remained dead, we would have no reason to be
sure our sins have been forgiven, for it is the same power of God which raised
Jesus Christ that forgives our sins. Our faith then would be empty and
worthless. If that were not true, the whole system was false, and Christianity
was an imposition.
The word vain here seems to include
the idea of useless, idle, false. Whether there are people who still believe
that Jesus Christ did not resurrect of not, we Christians believe He did. That
is the sole reason why we still have the boldness to preach the gospel and that
is all we preach. I don’t know what your message is but my message is that
Christ died for my sins and for the sins of the whole world that whosoever
believes in Him shall be saved.
Beloved, what is your message as a
Christian? If it is not centred on death and resurrection of Christ, then your
message is not true. You are only an impostor. What we believe is not in vain
because they were written before now and they have manifested. We should not be
deceived by what other believe and preach.
Food
for Thought:
Which group do you belong: those who believe that Jesus resurrected or those
who believe that He is still in the tomb?
Memory
verse: 1
Corinthians 15 verse 14
Prayer:
Almighty God, grant me utterance to preach Christ and His resurrection as the
gospel message in Jesus name. 
