Lenten Post Day 16

Thursday, February 24

 

Jeremiah 4:9-10, 19-28, Romans 2:12-24, John 5:19-29

Q. 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?

A. The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves till the resurrection.

Q. 38. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?

A. At the resurrection, believers, being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the Day of Judgment, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity.

Prayer: You O Lord have done great things for us, and we rejoice. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses in the Negeb. May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy. Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves. (Psalm 126:3-6)

Reflection: All of us will be raised up and be judged by Jesus on the Day of Judgment.  Those who accept the Word of God will be reunited forever with God through Jesus.  All who disavow the Word of God will be forever separated from God.

Ref: Westminster Shorter Catechism  (255k).