Resurrection

"The dead will hear the voice of the son of God and those that hear will live," John 5:25.

Oh, Yes! Having heard his call, all the dead will come out of their graves. One of two outcomes await. Outcome one: Resurrection of life. Outcome two: Resurrection of judgment. Those who do good to the former, those who practice foul to the latter. Definitions are in order. Resurrection: raising up to life (rising from the dead, grave). Resuscitation: action to revive (from unconsciousness, apparent death). Reincarnation: dead person's spirit transmigrates to life in new body. Does Jesus speak of resuscitation? No. Resurrection! Does Jesus speak of reincarnation? No. Resurrection! More definitions now. Life: well, eternal life! Pretty excellent stuff. Judgment: sentencing to meet up with death and Hades in the lake of fire. Pretty bad stuff. One more definition. Doing the works of God: believing in Jesus his son.

We consider the marvel of God's work in Christ and find hearts aglow with confident expectation that abundant life, not death, has the everlasting outcome. As we visit with a brother or sister today, we speak of faith in Jesus, living out that faith thankfully.