Thursday, August 02, 2007

What Else Matters?

Was Jesus resurrected from the dead, never to die again?

If so, then He ought to be worshipped, for He has overcome the greatest human enemy - death.

If not, the apostle Paul understands the implications. 1 Corinthians 15:14-19 says, "If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead. But He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men." Paul goes on in v32. "If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'"

"But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead" (v20). What else matters?

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