Christ died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
There is the whole Third Day Christian life put into one sentence. That we might no longer live for ourselves but for him who for our sake died and was raised. There was something that happened in the world. The world of history. The world of place and time. Jesus lived. Jesus died and was buried. Jesus got up. He was raised on the third day. The glorious impossible happened.
Gerrit Dawson
Living Third Day Lives
Romans 14: 8-9; 2 Corinthians 5: 14-15
October 6, 2019 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson
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