Bible Verse of the Day Tuesday March 19th 2024

 Romans 1:4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

In the preceding verse, we learn that our savior, the Lord Jesus, was fully human: "Made of the seed of David, according to the flesh," which bestowed upon Him the right to the throne of Israel. We now read that Christ was also: "Declared the Son of God with power, because He was Resurrected from the dead, by God's Holy Spirit."

Isaiah teaches us that Jesus was the Son of Man, born in the flesh and the Son of God, who lived and died for the remission of our sins. Paul verifies that He is the earthly Seed of David while at the same time confirming that He is the Son of God.

It is only as a human that Jesus could become part of the human race and offer His perfect life for our sins and the sins of the world. Jesus had to be God and human to be blameless enough to pay for the sins of all humanity. Christ had to be God and Man to be eligible to be our Redeemer. 

But the excellent proof is that God the Father accepted the sacrifice of Christ the Son on our behalf, which was His Resurrection. This wonderful substitutionary death and glorious Resurrection constitute the gospel for which both the Father and the Son set apart the apostle Paul and which God before times in the Holy Scriptures spoke of.  

It is the Resurrection on which our faith rests. In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul lays out this truth plainly and bluntly: If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if God had not raised Christ from the dead, our preaching and faith would have been useless. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. And just in case we still have not understood the importance of Christ's Resurrection, Paul continues: "And if God has not raised Christ from the dead, our faith would be futile; you are still in your sins. Then, those who have fallen asleep in Christ are also lost. If only we had hope in Christ for this life, it would be unfortunate, and we would be without hope for life eternal." 

But Christ, Paul triumphantly states, "has indeed been raised for the dead, the first fruits of those that have fallen asleep." The resurrection of Christ, the pivotal point in history.