Daily Bread Devotional for Today 28th December 2022 Wednesday Message. As you study today’s devotional, remember this; “Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 (NLT)
TOPIC: Resurrection of the Body
SCRIPTURE READING: John 20:19-20
KEY VERSE: He showed them his hands and side. — John 20:20
Daily Bread Devotional for Today 28th December 2022 MESSAGE
Christians believe in the resurrection of the body. In the end, we will live a new life in resurrected bodies as part of a new creation. Our bodies will be different from our original ones. But they will also have much in common with them.
Believing in our own resurrection is based on the resurrection of Jesus. Resurrection begins with him. New life begins with him.
Resurrection involves more than a dead person coming back to life. In resurrection a dead person begins a new kind of life. And it’s a new kind of life in the body. That’s the key point. The New Testament emphasizes that Jesus rose in his body. He is the same person who died. And now he lives a new life.
After his resurrection, Jesus wants to assure his disciples that it’s him they see, and that he is the same person. So he holds out his hands and uncovers his side to reveal his wounds. Then they know it’s him. It’s the same Jesus, the one and only Jesus, who died to save the world.
There are differences in Jesus’ body from before his death to after his resurrection. But it’s still him. He is still God in the flesh. And one day we will be like him.
PRAYER FOR TODAY: Jesus, you gave up so much to become human. And you have remained human ever since. How much you love us! Amen.
Thank you for reading Daily Bread Devotional for Today written by Bob Arbogast. Bob Arbogast is the pastor of Celebration Fellowship church in Ionia, Michigan. In his spare time, he plays guitar in a West Michigan blues band. He and his wife Jan have been married forty years and have three adult daughters. Bob has been praying the psalms since 2002.. Read More