I love the show Pawn Stars on the History Channel. If you have never seen the show it's pretty simple. A guy in Las Vegas has this famous pawn shop, people bring in some crazy things to sell, and he buys them or he doesn't. Like I said pretty simple.
Recently I was watching the show and this guy brought in a West Point target practice musket from the mid 1800's. It was pre Civil War and was very rare. He too was a Pawn Shop owner and he was looking to sell this very rare musket to make a quick buck to gamble in Vegas.
Now what Rick (pawn shop owner) does before he buys something this rare is call in specialists that can tell him if this musket is real or a replica. This guy with an awesome beard comes in the shop, examines the musket, and assess that it is a replica. If the musket would have been real it would have been worth thousands of dollars, but unfortunately it was only worth a couple hundred bucks.
The point is that it being real makes all the difference. In this chapter Paul is explaining the importance that Jesus did raise from the dead, and if He didn't then our faith is useless and fake.
Our faith is based on the realness of Christ raising from the dead. We find hope, grace, mercy, redemption, and salvation all in the fact that Christ DID conquer the grave.
Paul goes on and tells the church at Corinth that Christ is alive and that He did defeat death. My favorite part is towards the end, "O death where is your victory?" and "O death where is your sting?" how amazing is that scripture!! It is so amazing to know that death does NOT have the final say in our lives!
I pray that reading this chapter makes your faith more real than ever before!!
John
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How does the part that says "bad company corrupts good character" relate to the victory of Christ over death in this chapter? Will corrupted characters also hear the last trumpet?
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