This week’s devotions are based on Sunday’s Message: I Believe in the Resurrection (WATCH HERE)
“Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others.” — 2 Corinthians 5:11
When you know how the story ends, it changes the way you live today.
Imagine watching a recording of a championship game. Your favorite team falls behind early. The mistakes pile up, and it seems as though defeat is inevitable. But before you watched, someone told you the final score. You already know your team wins. That knowledge doesn’t remove the tension of the game, but it changes how you experience every setback. You watch with confidence because you know the ending.
As Christians, we know how the story ends.
Christ will return. The dead will be raised. Sin will be no more. Satan will be defeated forever. Every tear will be wiped away. God’s people will live with Him in perfect joy in the new heavens and the new earth. That certainty gives us confidence to face whatever today may bring.
But the certainty of eternity does more than comfort us. It compels us.
The Apostle Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5 that because he knows the reality of eternity, he seeks to persuade others. A few verses later he says, “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:20). What an incredible thought! The Lord who has rescued us now sends us into the world to tell others where true hope can be found.
Sometimes we hesitate. We worry that we won’t have the right words. We fear rejection. We convince ourselves that someone else is better equipped. Yet the Gospel has never spread because every Christian was eloquent. It has spread because ordinary believers loved people enough to speak about an extraordinary Savior.
Andrew brought Peter. Philip invited Nathanael. The Samaritan woman simply told her neighbors, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did” (John 4:29). Again and again, God uses ordinary people to point others to Jesus.
Sharing our faith is not about winning arguments or forcing conversations. It is about loving people enough to tell them the truth. If we truly believe that Jesus is the only Savior from sin and death, and if we truly believe that eternity is real, then we cannot remain indifferent. Love moves us to pray, to invite, to encourage, and to speak whenever God opens the door.
At the same time, we remember that salvation is God’s work. The Holy Spirit creates faith through the Gospel. That truth frees us from thinking that someone’s eternity depends on our cleverness or persuasion. Our calling is simply to be faithful witnesses. We plant the seed. God gives the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).
As this week’s devotions come to a close, so does our journey through the Apostles’ Creed. Week after week we have confessed what Christians have believed for centuries. But these truths are not merely words to recite on Sunday morning. They are God’s promises to trust every day.
You believe in the Father who created you.
You believe in the Son who redeemed you.
You believe in the Holy Spirit who called you to faith and keeps you in it.
And you believe that one day Christ will raise you and all the dead and give eternal life to all believers.
Until that day, live with confidence. Love generously. Serve faithfully. Forgive freely. Worship joyfully. And never stop pointing people to Jesus.
The ending has already been written.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
And because of Him, your future is secure forever.
Reflect: Who has God placed in your life that needs to hear the hope of Jesus Christ, and what is one simple step you can take to share that hope this week? How does the certainty of Christ’s return encourage you to live with greater purpose and joy today?
Prayer: Gracious Lord, thank You for the sure promise of the resurrection and the life everlasting. Fill my heart with confidence in Your victory over sin and death, and help me live each day in light of eternity. Give me eyes to see those who need the hope of the Gospel and courage to share the good news of Jesus with love and humility. Keep me faithful until the day You call me home, when I will rejoice forever in Your presence. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.