THE UNCHANGING FUNDAMENTALS

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

WEDNESDAY, 11TH JANUARY, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

Topic: THE UNCHANGING FUNDAMENTALS

MEMORIZE: “3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,” 1 Corinthians 15:1-10.

SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 15:1-10.

“1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” 

EXPOSITION:

The unchanging fundamentals

1. THE ESSENTIALS  vv3-7.

a. The reality of the death, burial and the resurrection of Jesus Christ are nonnegotiable essentials of the gospel vv3,4.

b. It was not an after-thought. It was prophesied right from creation Genesis 3:15, Psalm 16:9,10 (Acts 2:22-32), Isaiah 53. 

c. Everything happened "according to the scriptures" exactly as prophesied thousands of years before fulfillment.

d. Purpose of death, burial and resurrection of Christ: "died for our sins", "rose up for our justification" Romans 4:25.

2. THE EVIDENT EYE WITNESSES vv5-8.

a. Peter and the other Apostles, who saw Him face to face at 8 different periods within 40 days before His Ascension. So real that they willingly died for His defense v5,7.

b. James, the half brother of Jesus who later became the President of Headquarters Church in Jerusalem v7, Acts 15:13, 19.

c. 500 brethren who were even alive when the scriptures was written v6.

d. Paul, the Apostle, also saw the resurrected Christ with his naked eyes v8.

e. So, it was not a make up story. 

3. THE EXPERIENCE

a. You must believe this fact in your heart and stand on it if you want salvation v1.

b. If you don't take these truth of the scripture seriously and with commitment, your superficial faith will not yield you salvation - it will be in vain v2.

3. The effect of sincere faith and commitment to Christ will yield noticeable transformation of life v9.

4. For example, the proud, persecuting and presumptuous Paul was transformed to a holy, humble, heavenly minded, heartbroken and heart healing Paul overnight. True salvation and deliverance from sin is instantaneous.

Question: Is there any time you can remember that you gave your life to Christ and received a miraculous and total transformation?

PRAYER POINT: Praise God if you are saved and sincerely ask for the experience if you don't have it 🙏

Pray for mere religious church goers in your church that they will receive mercy to encounter Jesus🙏

Ask God to teach you what to teach you different methods of preaching the gospel during this shut down🙏

Pray that His gospel will reach more people during this shut down🙏

Ask God to kill the virus and cleanse our land from its infection🙏

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Genesis 33-36.

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