Easter morning lays some great imperatives before us concerning how to live the Christian life.
In the light of Jesus’s resurrection Paul tells us: ‘Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain’ (1 Corinthians 15.58).
Be immovable
The first instruction we are given, in the light of Christ’s resurrection, is that we should ‘stand firm, let nothing move you’. At the beginning of the chapter, Paul spoke of the Corinthians as having ‘taken their stand’ (v.3) on the gospel. So in the light of Christ’s resurrection he is urging them not to be led astray by false teaching, but rather to ‘sit tight and don’t allow yourself to be moved’ from the gospel that he has taught them.
