Pastor Quinn • November 14, 2021
Remaining in God's Love
A new year in the life of Christian worship begins with the Season of Advent. So, with our special Thanksgiving service scheduled for next Sunday, this week we observe the Last Sunday of the Church Year.
During the past month we've been thinking not just about the end of the Church Year, but about the end of the world. Today God tells us through the Prophet Isaiah what we have to look forward to in the end no matter what we've experienced in life, Jesus himself tells us to be vigilant in watching for his return since it will come unexpectedly, and the Lord's brother, Jude, shows us what should be our ultimate focus in the God-lived life in these last days-remaining in God's love.
Without the resurrection of Jesus, I would have little hope for the future. That’s how the disciples felt after this death. “We hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel” (Luke 24:19). Their hope for a better life had died along with Jesus. But he lives, and it makes a difference. My hope for the future is restored. I have victory over the feeling of hopelessness, because the one who heals me and gives me a better life is himself alive. He lives to restore my hope.
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He Lives To Take Me From Death To Life Without the resurrection of Jesus, death would appear permanent. No one would have come back from the dead to explain what happens after death. Jesus told his disciples what would happen. But they were slow to believe the Easter truth. God ensured that his people had witnesses to assure that Jesus did not remain dead. He Lives, and it make a difference! I too shall live! Death has become a pathway to paradise. Jesus has already made me spiritually alive by giving me faith in his resurrection. In every possible way, Jesus takes me from death to life.
