"A Cry for Aid"

PSALMS 108 [A Song or Psalm of David.]

 If ever there was a reason for us to feel empowered by death, it is the resurrection of Christ that makes it a reality. Of all the other reasons we might have to make a claim to the victory of the cross, it is the fact that Jesus lives that makes His death on that cross meaningful and overwhelming. Who of all the false gods can claim victory over death? There is none! And yet, those that worship such false objects and persons put their faith and hope in them, as if there is something to be offered for their service and dedication. It just so happens that the title over the Psalm in my Bible is my title for today. There are also two other of the Psalms that are made reference to within the lines of this Psalm; the first of which is Psalms 57:7-11 at the beginning, and the second is all of Psalm 60 starting at verse six. There is absolutely nothing more important to the faith which we hold than the fact that Jesus rose again from the grave, just as He promised that He would. Him rising from that tomb is a game-changer for everything that He did, all the punishment that He endured on the cross for you and I, it is all meaningless and for nothing without Him defeating and overcoming the grave. And because He lives, we live also! That my friend is something we can can take to the grave and rejoice about! And there is absolutely nothing anyone can do to take that claim away. If there is aid we are looking for, there is no greater aid we could receive that to have victory over death...

"Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which have fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and became the firstfruits of them that slept." (1 Corinthians 15:12-20)