Our Sins Have NOT Been Forgiven
This is another heavy thought for these Corinthians to
consider. “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” (1 Corinthians
15:16-17). If Christ is not risen, no one has been forgiven of their sins. This
was another of the main messages of the Bible (Colossians 1:14; Hebrews
9:11-15). In looking at these verses, it is easy to see the gravity of the
situation. If Christ is not risen from the dead, NO ONE has had their sins
forgiven because the man who was hung on a cross was a fake. God would not have
raised an imposter from the grave but the true article. Since man is made “dead
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord” when he
obeys from the heart (Romans 6:11, 17-18), what does that say about man’s
condition now? If Christ is not risen from the dead, then man is still sinking
deep in sin.
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