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Bible, Eternal Life, Justified, Raised, Resurrection, Scripture

FINISHED WORK

ROMANS 4:25

“He who was delivered over because of our wrongdoings, and was raised because of our justification.”

My dad always taught me to finish the job completely. My first lesson in that was mowing the grass. He said the yard wasn’t complete until all the pinecones were picked up and the trim work was done (this was before we had weed eaters). He also taught me that a car wasn’t cleaned completely until the tires were clean. He compared that to wearing a nice suit but dirty shoes. He was all about getting the job finished well.

Jesus finished His job completely. Paul states as such in today’s verse. He wasn’t just “delivered over” for our sins. He was also “raised because of our justification.” His resurrection finished the job. His shed blood paid the price for our sins, and His resurrection gave us the promise of eternal life. What a complete work that was and still is.

APPLICATION

The verb used here for “delivered over” is paradidómi. In Matthew 10:4 it is used to describe Judas Iscariot. “Judas Iscariot, the one who also betrayed Him.” The Topical Lexicon says this about this word. “Whether used of a traitor, a judge, an apostle, or God Himself, the word always carries the sober idea that what is ‘delivered up’ passes irrevocably into another’s control.” What does that say about God’s actions described in today’s verse? God did not betray Jesus. He willingly gave Him up to death to satisfy His own wrath on mankind.

But God always has a plan, a perfect plan. He also raised Jesus up. The verb used for “raised” is egeiró which Strong’s defines as “to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. Rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence) — awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.”

Now, to be clear, Jesus didn’t just go to sleep on that cross. He died. He gave up this life on earth only to be raised by His Father to defeat death and the grave. As followers of Christ, we too will defeat death and the grave. How? Through our justification in Christ! We give up this life on earth and pass directly to a better life with Christ eternally. Thank You, Lord!

I give You praise for all You have done in and through Your Son, Jesus.

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Bible, Buried, Raised, Scripture

WITH HIM

COLOSSIANS 2:12

“having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.”

I will never be “with” someone here on earth like I am “with” Jesus. No one here on earth dwells within me like Jesus. I have been married to my bride for almost 40 years now, but we are still two very distinct people. We may live in the same house, sleep in the same bed (except when I’m snoring too loud, lol) and attend the same church. But I will never be “with” her like I am with Jesus.

In today’s verse, Paul uses two Greek words to describe this connection. Sunthaptó is translated “buried with”, while sunegeiró is translated “raised with.” Do you notice what those two words have in common? The preposition sun begins each word. This is that inseparable “with” we see in Greek. The other Greek “with” is meta which is not as intense.

APPLICATION

Sunthaptó is only used one other time in the New Testament. In Romans 6:4 we read, “Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life.” Now, we are not literally buried with Christ. Our baptism symbolizes our death, burial and resurrection with Jesus. We are publicly declaring our dedication to Jesus.

Sunegeiró “conveys the idea of a spiritual resurrection or awakening that believers experience through their union with Jesus Christ. This term emphasizes the transformative power of the believer’s new life in Christ, symbolizing both a present spiritual reality and a future physical resurrection.” (Strong’s Lexicon) Are you awake? Are you living each day in the resurrection power of Christ?

Sunegeiró appears here, later in Colossians 3:1 and in Ephesians 2:6 where it reads, “and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” Did you read that clearly? Read it again. You have been raised up with Jesus and have already been seated with Him in the heavens. Jesus already sees us glorified. Hallelujah! Live like it.

O Father, I am alive in Jesus. I died to my sins at Calvary and now am raised up to live for You daily.

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