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What Are You Living For?
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In this sermon, Pastor Jeffrey Johnson emphasizes the centrality of the resurrection to the Christian faith and life, rooted in 1 Corinthians 15:29-34. He explains that without the resurrection, Christianity loses its meaning, rendering faith, suffering, and obedience futile. The resurrection not only guarantees our future bodily transformation but also underpins every aspect of our spiritual journey, beginning with baptism and extending to daily self-denial and service.
Pastor Johnson highlights three key points:
- Baptism's Symbolism: Baptism represents death to the old self and resurrection to new life in Christ. Without the hope of rising with Christ, the act of baptism becomes meaningless.
- Suffering for Christ: The Christian life involves daily dying to self and enduring hardships for the sake of Christ and others. These sacrifices, Paul says, would be pointless without the resurrection's promise of eternal life.
- Obedience and Eternal Perspective: A life of holiness and sacrifice is only logical if there is a future resurrection. Christians are called to live not for temporary pleasures but for eternal glory, giving all to Christ as an act of worship.
Pastor Johnson concludes with a challenge: to embrace suffering, relinquish earthly attachments, and live fully for Christ, knowing that the promise of resurrection secures eternal joy and unimaginable riches in the new heaven and earth. The sermon reminds believers that their hope is not in this fading world but in the everlasting life found in Jesus.
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