Wednesday, January 10, 2024

January 10th - What about that person in the mirror?

"...are you not aware that the unjust shall not be enjoying the allotment of God's kingdom? Be not deceived. Neither paramours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards; no revilers, no extortioners shall be enjoying an allotment in the kingdom of God. And some of you were these, but you are bathed off, but you are hallowed, but you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the spirit of our God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

Before you self righteous religious folks say "Amen" - consider that the Bible says there is NO ONE righteous, and that means YOU and me...


"...the Scriptures say: There is no one who is righteous, no one who is wise or who worships God. All have turned away from God; they have all done wrong; no one does right, not even one." (Romans 3:10-12)

So when you look in the mirror, remember the person you see will NOT enter the Kingdom of God.

"What I mean, friends, is that what is made of flesh and blood cannot enter the Kingdom of God, and what is mortal cannot possess immortality." (1 Corinthians 15:50)

For Pete's sake Robert, who, then, can be saved?

"When the disciples heard this, they were completely amazed. “Who, then, can be saved?” they asked. Jesus looked straight at them and answered, “This is impossible for human beings, but for God everything is possible.” (Matthew 19:25-26)

It is impossible for the person you see in the mirror to be saved from death, God will not even do that for anyone, even His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, died. 


"Everyone must die once, and after that be judged by God." (Hebrews 9:27)

However, that person in the mirror will be resurrected out of death and transformed into the immortal image of Christ Jesus - as a FREE gift from God!

"For sin pays its wage, death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

"He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like His own glorious body, using the power by which He is able to bring all things under His rule." (Philippians 3:21)

Listen as the Apostle Paul explains the entire process to the Corinthians...

"But God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus, and God has made Christ to be our wisdom. By Him we are put right with God; we become God's holy people and are set free." (1 Corinthians 1:30)

"If our hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more, then we deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world. But the truth is that Christ has been raised from death, as the guarantee that those who sleep in death will also be raised. For just as death came by means of a man, in the same way the rising from death comes by means of a man. For just as all people die because of their union with Adam, in the same way all will be raised to life because of their union with Christ." (1 Corinthians 15:19-22)

"This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. When the body is buried, it is mortal; when raised, it will be immortal. When buried, it is ugly and weak; when raised, it will be beautiful and strong. When buried, it is a physical body; when raised, it will be a spiritual body. There is, of course, a physical body, so there has to be a spiritual body. For the scripture says, "The first man, Adam, was created a living being”; but the last Adam is the life-giving Spirit. It is not the spiritual that comes first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. The first Adam, made of earth, came from the earth; the second Adam came from heaven. Those who belong to the earth are like the one who was made of earth; those who are of heaven are like the one who came from heaven. Just as we wear the likeness of the man made of earth, so we will wear the likeness of the Man from heaven. What I mean, friends, is that what is made of flesh and blood cannot enter the Kingdom of God, and what is mortal cannot possess immortality." (1 Corinthians 15:42-50)

So you see, that mortal person you see every morning in the mirror will not inherit the Kingdom of God - but will be changed so that he or she can enter and see it - all by the GRACE of God!

"...when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed. For what is mortal must be changed into what is immortal; what will die must be changed into what cannot die. So when this takes place, and the mortal has been changed into the immortal, then the scripture will come true: “Death is destroyed; victory is complete!” “Where, Death, is your victory? Where, Death, is your power to hurt?” Death gets its power to hurt from sin, and sin gets its power from the Law. But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" (1 Corinthians 15:51-57)

This is the gospel (good news) and it just doesn't get any better than this!





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