Did Jesus rise from the dead?

Did Jesus rise from the dead?

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 

 

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." 1 Corinthians 15: 12-19 KJVOur faith is based upon facts and not merely opinion. Without the resurrection our Christian faith would be in vain. The great facts of the gospel are that God was incarnate in Christ Jesus, that he lived on the earth a sinless life of holiness and love, that he died upon the cross for our sins, that he was buried in the tomb, and on the third day he rose again from the dead.

 

Paul knew that without the resurrection our salvation could not have been possible.

 

1. If there be no resurrection, Christ is not risen. (verse 13)

 

 

2. If there be no resurrection, our preaching is in vain. (verse 14)


3. If there be no resurrection, our faith becomes a delusion. (verse 15)


4. If there be no resurrection, they remained in their sins. (verse 17)


Our debt is nailed to the cross "He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross." Colossians 2:13-14. NIV


5. If there be no resurrection, the fallen asleep in Christ are perished. (verse 18)


If Jesus Christ be not raised, the godly dead are yet in their sins, and they can never risefor, if Christ did not rise from the dead, they cannot rise from the dead. Only through his resurrection is there resurrection for the saints.


Many of us have had family members and friends who have died in the Lord, and we know that the full assurance of their faith was no mistake. They were not mistaken. Believing in Christ, who lived, and died, and rose again, they had confidence in the midst of pain, and joy in the hour of their departure. We shall see them again; therefore we are confident that Jesus Christ did rise from the dead

6. If there be no resurrection, our source of Joy is gone. (verse 19)

 

If Jesus did not rise from the dead, we, who believe that he did, are of all men most miserable: “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.”

 

How else can we say "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain" Philippians 1:21?

 

Death has never been the end for the believer, but simply a gateway to eternal life in heaven. Abraham was ready to sacrifice his only son Isaac because in faith "he considered that God is able to raise men from the dead" (Hebrews 11:19). The Lord assured Daniel that believers "will awake ... to everlasting life" (Daniel 12:2). 

 

 

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