Monday, July 16, 2012

If There Be No Resurrection of the Dead (Part 3)


Faith in Christ is Meaningless

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.” (1 Corinthians 15:14). If Christ is not risen from the dead, then the faith of Christians is meaningless! God always intended the message of the gospel to reach all mankind. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). “And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.” (Acts 15:7).  What is the basis of our belief? CHRIST! Our faith in Him also points to our faith in the resurrection. “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him” (1 Thessalonians 4:14; cf. 2 Timothy 2:11). So much of the Christian faith revolves around the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ If Christ is not risen, then Christians believe a lie.

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