PrayerBits for Saturday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Saturday

Scripture lesson: 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 The divine minus sign

Time to reflect: I believe it was the theologian Karl Barth that came up with this analogy: Human sin is an enormous “minus sign” hanging over humanity. The Death of Jesus, an amazingly bad thing, is another minus sign. The two minus signs cancel. We are free from sin.

Moving through the day: This is the ultimate “good can come from evil” – thank God for canceling our sin.

19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

 20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death.