1 Corinthians 15:36 KJV
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
The Apostle uses the word fool, not speaking about anyone in particular but of the one who would foolishly ask, "How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?" I take it that the question is not being asked in sincerity but mockingly.
The truth remains; "...that which thou sowest is not quicked, except it die"
No one is saved until they die to self and Christ is made to live in them.
Salvation is not the decision to live a new life. Salvation is not the reformation of our character. Salvation is the death and burial of the old man and the resurrection of a new man. Only a fool tries to save the life of this sinful man, hoping to make him good enough to go to heaven.
The Christian life is dying daily that Christ may live in us.
I must choose each morning to bury my old nature into the soil so that Christ may have my life and use it as he pleases this day.
Often, the dreams I have must die, before they can be resurrected to bring glory to God
I do not know that this is a hard rule that must take place each and every time, but it is a general principle that happens more often than not. I have my suspicion that even in those cases where it appears a person's dream came to life and has had great success with little or no hardship; if we could study it more closely we would find that there was death even in those cases.
Here is the hope; that God may allow us to spend some time in the cemetery of our dreams, still we will praise Him.
God will reward and raise to life those efforts made on His behalf.
God will answer those prayers so long prayed.
God will free those prisoners so long help captive
God will keep those promises made so long ago.
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
The Apostle uses the word fool, not speaking about anyone in particular but of the one who would foolishly ask, "How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?" I take it that the question is not being asked in sincerity but mockingly.
The truth remains; "...that which thou sowest is not quicked, except it die"
No one is saved until they die to self and Christ is made to live in them.
Salvation is not the decision to live a new life. Salvation is not the reformation of our character. Salvation is the death and burial of the old man and the resurrection of a new man. Only a fool tries to save the life of this sinful man, hoping to make him good enough to go to heaven.
The Christian life is dying daily that Christ may live in us.
I must choose each morning to bury my old nature into the soil so that Christ may have my life and use it as he pleases this day.
Often, the dreams I have must die, before they can be resurrected to bring glory to God
I do not know that this is a hard rule that must take place each and every time, but it is a general principle that happens more often than not. I have my suspicion that even in those cases where it appears a person's dream came to life and has had great success with little or no hardship; if we could study it more closely we would find that there was death even in those cases.
Here is the hope; that God may allow us to spend some time in the cemetery of our dreams, still we will praise Him.
God will reward and raise to life those efforts made on His behalf.
God will answer those prayers so long prayed.
God will free those prisoners so long help captive
God will keep those promises made so long ago.
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