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THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
As He has assuredly risen, so in His resurrection there is as much an earnest given that the dead in Him shall rise as there was that the Jewish harvest in general should be accepted and blessed by the offering and acceptance of the first-fruits. The whole lump was made holy by the consecration of the first-fruits (Romans 11:16), and the whole body of Christ, all that are by faith united to Him, are by His resurrection assured of their own. As He has risen, they shall rise; just as the lump is holy because the first fruits are so. He has not risen merely for Himself, but as head of the body, the Church; and those that sleep in Him, God will bring with Him (1 Thes. 4:14).
Christ’s resurrection is a pledge and earnest of ours, if we are true believers in Him.
If your life is hidden in Christ
And is no longer your own
Then you will grieve when you displease Him
And weep over any bad seeds you’ve sown.
But, REJOICE! REJOICE!
For a time will one day come
When you can lay aside all your weaknesses
And arise, arise with the Holy, Holy One.
Copyright 2005 by Jettie Hess
