TEXAS GOSPEL VOLUNTEER

After spending time in 1 Corinthians 15 explaining what would be lost if Jesus had not been raised, Paul shifts to the joy of what is actually true, and he describes the resurrection of Christ using the image of first fruits. In the Old Testament, a worshipper would bring a portion of their crop to God as an offering, and that portion represented the whole harvest still to come. In the same way, the resurrection of Jesus is not just a win for him alone. It is a promise of more.

For everyone who has put their faith in Christ, the resurrection of Jesus is a pledge that they too will be raised. This is not simply a vague hope of some kind of existence after death. It is the promise of a physical, conscious, and glorious resurrection, one that brings us into the likeness of Jesus himself. That is not wishful thinking; it is the sure and certain word of God to every believer who has ever wondered what comes next.

 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our lowly condition into conformity with His glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

Philippians 3:20-21