Title: The Power of Resurrection
(I am trying to make known Christ, the power of his resurrection, and his sharing in his sufferings, imitating him in his death, so that I may somehow attain to the resurrection from the dead, not that I have already obtained it or that I have been made perfect, but that I have been captured by Christ Jesus. I pursue it, brethren, but I do not think that I have yet taken hold of it, but one thing, forgetting what is behind, and grasping what is ahead, I press toward the goal for the reward of the above calling of God in Christ Jesus.
1. The greatest sorrow in life is the matter of death.
When that death is someone else's and when it's me and my family's death, the degree of sadness is different. There are cases where tears do not flow from the eyes when someone else dies, but when a family member dies, everyone sheds tears. Because it's a loving family. Everyone should go through tears when their family goes first.
But that death does not come only to certain people.
There is no way to escape death for anyone, regardless of high or low status, rich or poor.
So, I know that everyone has to leave someday, but when it comes to me as a reality, I am embarrassed and everyone is engulfed in sorrow.
When death separates, dew forms in every eye.
Because even the person you loved so much cannot help but let go in the face of death.
Our mother and father, who gave birth and raised us, will soon leave us.
If this is life, what can comfort you in the face of death?
Even if you try to comfort them with all kinds of things in the world, there will be no way to be comforted.
So, people even went out in search of immortality to avoid death.
And even now, for the sake of health and longevity, they make such efforts.
But death still comes into our reality. If we Christians believe without solving the problem of death, our faith is only half faith. Only in this world, only as long as we live, faith is half faith. Full faith must extend to the world beyond death. So the Lord asked, "He who believes in me will live even if he dies, and he who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" the Lord asked.
2. The Lord's resurrection solved the fundamental problem of this very life.
Therefore, our faith must take root.
The stupidest people as a person are those who think that death is the solution to all problems. How foolish is a person who thinks, "It's enough to die," and wants to see a solution to the problem by dreaming of a so-called perfect crime?
There is no such foolish and dangerous thought as the thought that death is the end.
If you look at the aspect of all crimes in today's society, it happens because you think that everything is over when you die. The resurrection of Christ shows that the grave is not the end of life, but a new beginning.
It is impossible for human beings to live again.
In other words, the resurrection (復活) is impossible by human power. So the resurrection is the power of God.
It was not the power of man that rolled the stone of the tomb.
It's impossible with anyone's strength.
No one comes out of the grave.
Where is the person who died and came back to life since history? No one has ever survived on their own.
Resurrection is the realm of God, not the realm of man. The power of resurrection is the power that comes from God. It says that only God has the power of resurrection.
This was demonstrated by the resurrection of the Lord.
He came to this earth and healed many sick people and raised the dead in order to have faith in the resurrection.
But people say they don't believe it.
Why do you say you don't believe in the resurrection? This is because they mistakenly believe that the resurrection is by human power.
So you say you won't believe it.
Resurrection is the power of God, not the power of man. This should be faith, not knowledge.
Faith is not believing in your own reason and knowledge, but believing in the power of God.
Scientists dealing with life today have come to believe more in the power of the Creator.
The more people who study human genes, the more they bow their heads to God's mysterious world of life. This is because life belongs to God and cannot be solved by human power. Only human beings observe, analyze, and control God's world of life in one very area. So I know how to use the word Iran.
The resurrection of the Lord was accomplished by the power of God.
Now whoever believes this has passed from death to life.
This is salvation.
He said, "Whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." This is also the core of the Christian faith.
3. We must have faith in the resurrection to overcome the power of sin.
Where did death come from?
The Bible speaks of the penalty for sin.
It is said that the penalty for sin is death.
That is, death came from sin.
Without sin there was no death.
If you have sinned, you must pay the price for your sin.
That is death.
That is why the highest punishment in this world is the punishment of death.
The only way to pay the final price for sin is death.
That's the big problem in life right here.
It is the fact that man cannot repay his sins with death.
Death does not mean that all sins committed are forgiven.
Death is not the end.
If death were the end, it would be simple.
What would be the philosophy of such a person's life?
They will eat, drink and enjoy themselves.
Why would you live with ethics, morals, order, and good deeds?
There are also those who have given up being human.
There is a big difference between those who believe that there is tomorrow and those who believe that there is no tomorrow. In other words, there is a huge difference between those who have hope and those who do not. This is not the story of any theory or philosophy.
There are two terrifying enemies in the world.
① One is nihilism, ② Another is materialism.
People talk about art, philosophy, ideas, etc., but if you put them all together, you end up with nihilism. There's no point in ranting.
The conclusion of a long and difficult study is ending in nihilism. I don't think people can think of anything more than that.
Another is materialism.
The idea of materialism is the idea that 'materials are the best'.
Isn't the Communist Party we shudder to be materialism?
I had no idea that the idea of materialism would have such dire consequences.
The Communist Party is a group of people with values that believe that material is everything.
All values are derived from the view of life, and the view of life comes from the view of the afterlife.
The difference between a person who believes that there is tomorrow and a person who doesn't know tomorrow is very different. It is the difference between heaven and earth.
This means that there is a difference between those who believe in the resurrection and those who live unaware of the resurrection and the heavens and the earth. Those who have no tomorrow have no history.
If there is, just eat, drink and enjoy today. That is, those who live under the power of death.
Because we are all people who think that death ends, we should eat, drink, and enjoy life before we die.
But for those who have faith in the resurrection, it is not possible to live like that.
We become entangled in the power of death, which ends in death, and we cannot live every day.
He said that those who believed in Jesus would be the most pitiful people.
But now the resurrection of the Lord has appeared before us as a historical event.
The Resurrection of Christ appeared not as a vague wish of ordinary religion, but as a realistic event. That was the event that was shown to Thomas and the confirmation of those who looked up to heaven as they ascended into heaven.
What an amazing event!
As you have seen, I will come again. Now, while waiting for the Lord of the Second Coming, we must believe and prepare for the coming of the historical judgment day.
But we must not forget that the resurrection is behind the cross.
Jesus died miserably on the cross.
At first glance, the cross appears to be failure, frustration, despair, and death.
However, we must emphasize that there is a resurrection event after the suffering of the cross and death.
The creation of Genesis was the creation of something out of nothing.
But resurrection is creation built on the cross. You should know that this is the more amazing and great power of God.
Therefore, this is what the phrase "in Christ, a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come" means this.
Because Christ paid the price for our sins on the cross, now those who believe in me can be re-created with new life.
Belief in this is the resurrection faith.
Therefore, only those who have faith in the resurrection can overcome the world.
The ability to fight and overcome any evil is the power of resurrection.
Moreover, the only power that can endure persecution or righteous death for the sake of righteousness lies in the resurrection faith in the power of the resurrection.
When we live by this very faith, we find comfort behind our tears as we send our loved ones away.
Because there is hope.
Because there is a hope that we will meet again.
Therefore, we should remember the words of the Apostle Paul.
He realized now. He knew that the power to justify sinners was revealed in the cross. I realized that the power of life that gives eternal life is in the cross.
So he suffered like Christ and tried to share in the sufferings of Christ. He tried to fill his body with the rest of the sufferings of Christ.
So, finally, he makes a precious confession.
"I die daily"... (1 Corinthians 15:31)
He died day by day in every hour of every hour of every event.
More than that, he wanted to die like Christ. Why? Because behind the cross was the hope of eternal resurrection.
I hope that all of us will become believers who live today responsibly while looking forward to tomorrow with this resurrection faith. ♣