Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called. (1 Timothy 6:12 ESV)
Resurrection is
the supreme proof of the power of God. You do not need that I say much
about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. When He was on that cross everything
was done to make sure that He was dead. After they had nailed Him, hands and
feet, on to the cross, to make sure that He was dead they thrust the spear
into His heart. When He was taken down from the cross and put into the tomb,
the high priest said: 'Take a guard and make sure,' so that great stone was
rolled against the tomb and the official seal was put on the stone. Then they
mounted a guard of soldiers. What more could be done to make sure that He was
dead? Well, everything that men and devils could do – and then, over all that,
it says:
"This Jesus did God
raise up" (Acts 2:32). What an immense thing resurrection
is!
And all the
potentialities of the resurrection life of the Lord Jesus are given to the
child of God. We can go right on to the end because we have His Life. Until
the Lord says: 'It is enough: come up higher!' there is no need for any child
of God to die. Death and life are in the hands of God. How many wonderful
experiences we may have of this divine Life! We may make a lot of other
manifestations of the power of God and they may all be quite wonderful – we
will never take anything from what is of the Holy Spirit – but when we have
said all, the supreme thing is
"the power of His resurrection."
That is the birthright of the
child of God and something that you and I may be knowing now and all the days
of our life. "Lay hold on the life
eternal, whereunto thou wast
called."