Series | The Promises of God
Scripture | Philippians 1:6, “…being confident of
this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until
the day of Christ Jesus.”
Lesson 29 | The Promise of God Finishing What He Started
Have you ever started something and didn’t
finish it? Maybe you made a new year’s
resolution and didn’t make it even three weeks!
However, did you know that God promises to finish and carry out on to
completion your salvation? Meaning, when
you were born again in your soul and spirit your body remained the same and God
is promising in the above verse to complete in your body what He did in your
soul and spirit.
You will one day be given a brand new
resurrected body just like the one Jesus had after His resurrection. Your new body will be forever perfect and
unified with your inner self. Paul gives
great insight and depth in 1 Corinthians 15 to the promise of a new body and specifically
in verse 49 he writes, “And just as we
have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of
the man from heaven.” Therefore, on
the day of the resurrection we will be just like Jesus in our new bodies!
As a result, be encouraged to know that God
will finish what He started. You will
not always carry around this “body of death” that has sickness, weakness, and
earthly impulses to sin. However, on the
day Jesus’ returns all believers will be given a new body. Until that day think of your salvation as
Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:7, “But we
have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all- surpassing power is
from God and not from us.”
Thus, your new inner nature is the treasure in
the jar of clay of your earthly body.
And one day when Christ comes you will be given a new body- made perfect
and for all eternity! Thus, Jesus is not
only going to finish what He started in you- He is going to finish what he
started with Adam and Eve. He will
create a perfect human race that will spend eternity with Him in loving
fellowship!
Reflection | Are you confident that Jesus will one day give you a new body?
Action | (1) Rejoice in the work of Jesus that purchased for you salvation, from the inside out. (2) Trust and be confident in God that one day you will forever be changed in your body.
One Year Reading Plan (Optional) | Leap year reading, Psalm 23. Click here to read.
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