Tuesday, July 17, 2012

If There Be No Resurrection of the Dead (Part 4)


The Apostles are Liars

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” (1 Corinthians 15:15). God chose preaching as the avenue by which man would be saved. For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe” (1 Corinthians 1:21). What if those preaching the message were liars? Certainly, there have been counterfeits throughout the history of man (Jeremiah 14:14; Revelation 2:2). That’s what Paul calls himself and those who preached the message of Christ. The message of the apostles would have been contrary to God, therefore the apostles would have testified of (or against) God! On numerous occasions the apostles pointed to the resurrected Christ. “Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole” (Acts 4:10; cf. Acts 2:32; 3:15; 28:31; Romans 6:23). If Christ was not risen, then the apostles were found to be liars.

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