It is good for believers to look back every now and then at what we were before salvation. No matter what age you were when you were saved, the Bible declares that we were all “dead in trespasses and sins” prior to salvation.

You may not have been a big sinner, especially if you were saved as a child, but it must be remembered that it only takes one sin to be a sinner. This brings everyone to need to pay “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).

Once saved, God immediately quickened us. That means He made us alive – now capable of doing righteousness and pleasing Him. Before we were the sons of darkness and of the Devil, but now we have been made the sons of God (John 1:12).

Along with that new quickening and sonship, we also have the power to resist sin and allow the Holy Spirit to work in and through us. In fact, that old sin nature is to be considered dead, and we can live in the new life He gave us.

If and when we sin, we also have an Advocate with the Father – “Jesus Christ the righteous” (I John 2:1). He helps us to get forgiven and cleansed when we ask Him. It enables us to go on and shows that He loves us still.

Are you walking in the quickening power of the Holy Spirit, or according to the works of the flesh?

Remember that serving Jesus alone brings victory over sin, real joy, and blessing.

Although some may want to argue about whether Jesus’ resurrection was physical or not, Jesus Himself answered that question plainly. If He was only a spirit after the resurrection, they could not have handled (touched) Him.

To ensure that they knew that He was not merely an immaterial Being, He invited them to touch Him and look at His hands and feet. Showing them His hands and feet, which certainly had large scars on them, enabled them to see that He was the same One Who was crucified.

A physical resurrection is our hope for the future. John said, in I John 3:2: “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”

Every believer – past and present – will one day be united with a new body and it will be like His glorious Body. Sickness, sorrow, and weakness will be gone – forever! “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption” (I Corinthians 15:42).

We do not know all about it yet, but we are promised it will be glorious! Christian, keep on following our Lord, and one day soon, you will be glad you did!