Daily Devotional--9/24/2010

1 Corinthians 15:3-8

³For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. ⁶After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. ⁷Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, ⁸and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

John 2:18-22

¹⁸Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?"

¹⁹Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days."

²⁰The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" ²¹But the temple he had spoken of was his body. ²²After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

In 1 Corinthians 15 we find a “nutshell” of the gospel message while in John 2 we find Jesus make a bold declaration about his death and resurrection.

• How does the connection of the John & 1 Corinthians texts give validity to Jesus claim in John’s gospel?
• How does the 1 Corinthians gospel presentation and the subsequent affirmations of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances confirm His identity?