Friday, June 03, 2005

The Power of the Resurrection

When Adam disobeyed the one command of the Creator, he broke the unity of
God's law just like we would break a delicate piece of China. This set off
a chain reaction in the physical universe so that everything works towards
one end - disorder, death and decay. God's laws, both physical and moral,
are still in effect, and they continue to function, and the world and
mankind continues to be incapable of observing them, and each man and woman lives in violation of some aspect of God's law. It is impossible for any man to observe the unity of God's law by keeping it in its entirety. Thus, there is disorder, death, and decay in the universe.

Only one person has been able to keep the entirety of the Law of God, As a result, He has been preserved from death and decay. This is Jesus Christ who is both human and divine. For Him, the laws of the universe do not work out towards disorder, death and decay. They work out towards the opposite, towards life. The power of the resurrection is at work in the universe today. It extends across space and time. Its effect is so powerful that the resurrection reached back across time and preserved Adam and Eve from instant death when the Creator proclaimed, "On the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die." It reaches into the future and affects every generation of humanity. The power of the resurrection keeps the universe from falling apart today.

By faith, a descendant of Adam who accepts Jesus Christ becomes Son of God like Jesus Christ. The power of the resurrection is extended to him or
her. Things work out for good, for life, instead of death and decay for
the believer. Sure the believer is going to die, but only because in God's
purpose, everything should happen according to His schedule and timetable,
and a general resurrection and judgement will take place under Jesus' feet. Meanwhile, everything works out for the good of the believer, "good" as defined by God, and not by secular humanism.

The believer's task is to live and act according to the redemptive power of the resurrection and to avoid behaviour that leads to courruption and decay.

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