Daily Wisdom

‘After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once…’ 1 Cor 15:6

Despite what the world says, do put all your eggs into One basket!

Luke tells us Jesus gave many infallible proofs, and Paul himself said that five hundred people had seen Him alive, and some of those are still alive, if you want to go talk to them (1 Cor 15:6). He was raised physically. They recognized Him. They could put their hands in His wounds. He ate fish in front of them precisely to say a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones as you see that I have (Lk 24:39). He ascended to the right hand of the Father. He sits on the throne with God. He intercedes for us there, praying for us. He is reigning until He puts all his enemies under His feet. The end of Matthew says He has all authority in heaven and on earth (Mt 28:18).

The resurrection vindicates Good Friday, Jesus’ death; His death which covers our sins. But the power of it all was Easter morning. It establishes His authority over the sting of death (1 Cor 15:55-57), the promise to never leave us (Heb 13:5), and the assurance of the same eternal life for those who accept Him (Jn 5:24). 

Paul put all of his eggs in this basket... (1 Cor 15:17 ‘And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.’). Jesus is not a trinket in the basket, He is the basket in which everything else is to be placed… HSAY