09/13/2020 – Day 112 1 Corinthians 15-16 Paul: “I die daily.”
“So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. And so it is written, ‘The first man Adam became a living being. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.’ ” 1 Corinthians 15; 42-45
1 Corinthians 15:31 – “I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.”
Comment on above verse:
“We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved: we are, as Newman said, rebels who must lay down our arms… To surrender a self-will inflamed and swollen with years of usurpation is a kind of death… Hence the necessity to die daily.: however, often we think we have broken the rebellious self, we shall still find it alive. ” C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain