Are You Willing to Die for the
Truth?
"Yes, and we are
found false witnesses of God,
because we have
testified of God
that
He raised up Christ,
whom He
did not raise up—if in fact the
dead do not rise.”
1 CORINTHIANS 15:15
Ponder This: We're the disciples liars?
Were they deceivers? If so, why?
Why would they deceive? Why would they lie?
What gain did they have if
Jesus Christ was still
in the
grave?
They died as martyrs.
They were
tortured, they were persecuted,
they were
burned at the stake,
they were
eaten by lions, they were
stoned,
they were crushed,
and they were
humiliated
Hypocrites and martyrs
are not
made of the same stuff!
People tell lies to get out of trouble,
not to get into trouble.
A man may live for a lie,
but few if any men will willingly
die for a lie.
The disciples
said,
“We have seen
Him!
We have touched
Him!”
Are you going to tell me
Simon Peter was a con man?
That John the apostle was a crook?
That the apostle Paul
who wrote most of the
New Testament was a known perjurer,
deceiver, and a false witness?
Of course not.
But if
Christ is still in the
grave,
preaching is profitless,
faith is foolish,
and
the disciples would
have
been deceivers
Jesus said to him,
Today
SALVATION has COME to
THIS HOUSE,
because THIS MAN too is a
Son of ABRAHAM
For
Son of Man Came
to
Seek and to Save
that which
Was Lost
while the people were listening
to this,
Jesus proceeded to tell them a
parable,
because He was near Jerusalem
and they thought
the
kingdom of God would appear imminently.…
I AM
to do my fathers will,
I Was
Saved by Grace
through
Faith to Fulfill
the
Law and Prophets
Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
Matthew 18:11
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
1 Timothy 1:15
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
Luke 5:31,32
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick…
Luke 15:4-7,32
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? …
Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
- How does the willingness to die for the truth of the Gospel give a witness to the credibility of the Gospel to the world?
- Is there something or somewhere that you would consider “too far” to go for the Gospel? How might you submit this before God?
Practice This:
Take time today to ask God what you are holding back from complete submission to Him. Ask Him to help you let that go.