Why It's Necessary To Believe In The Resurrection
There have been many who died for another, and some were even called ‘god’, yet
they were false gods. But they could not save anyone.
Some who have criticized us for believing
in the resurrection, say the death of Jesus was all that mattered. And even
movies have been made where He was crucified, died and was buried, but do not
show or say he rose from the dead, which is not accurate.
1 Corinthians 15:1
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you,
which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2By which also ye are saved, if ye
keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3For I delivered unto you first of
all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to
the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the scriptures
Peter preached the
resurrection and 3000 were saved.
Acts 2:29Men
and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is
both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30Therefore being a prophet, and
knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins,
according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 31He
seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not
left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
This is referring to what David prophesied concerning the One who was to come
who would be our Saviour.
Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One
to see corruption.
It is necessary that we believe in the resurrection of Christ. In fact, the Word says we must believe this to be saved.
Romans 10:9That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
Even Paul was persecuted for saying we must.
Acts 23:8For
the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but
the Pharisees confess both.
9And there arose a great cry: and the
scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no
evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not
fight against God.
Acts 24:21
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the
resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
The argument may be made that if He died for us that is the only thing that
mattered and that the resurrected was not that important.
1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you
that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13But if there be no
resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also
vain.
15Yea,
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.
16For if the dead rise not, then is
not Christ raised:
17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
The fact is, the resurrection PROVES He is who He says He is.
Romans 1:3Concerning his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4And
declared to be the Son of God with power according
to the spirit of holiness,by the resurrection from
the dead
He was not just resurrected, but He IS the Resurrection.
John 11
:25Jesus said unto
her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live: 26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall
never die. Believest thou this?
Romans 6:4Therefore
we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up
from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness
of life.
5For if we have been planted together
in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection
Acts 1:2Until
the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given
commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3To whom also he shewed himself alive
after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and
speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God
He was victorious over sin and death! He is no longer dead but He's ALIVE !!
Acts 2:36Therefore
let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus,
whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ
By Janice Sullivan
Submitted March 11, 2008
Used by permission
* All scripture references taken from The Holy Bible King James Version (Public Domain) unless otherwise noted.
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