DID JESUS CHRIST RISE FROM THE DEAD?
Dear friend, today,
my spouse and I went on Evangelism to share the Gospel of Christ Jesus with
people in our neighbourhood.
We came across 3
young men and in the course of our discussion, one of them who says he reads
the Holy Bible and other books out of curiosity asked a question that is the
topic for today’s post.
He asked if Jesus
Christ rose from the dead, to which my spouse and I responded that if Jesus
Christ did not rise from the dead, then we would be wasting our time sharing
the Gospel with them.
You see, the foundation
of the Gospel message is that according to the Scriptures, the Lord Jesus
Christ was to die and rise again after 3 days.
Indeed, if Jesus
Christ did not rise again after His death on the Cross for the sins of mankind,
then Christianity as we know it today would not exist.
As
we are told in 1 Corinthians 15:13-14, “But if there is no
resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen;
14 And if Christ
has not risen, then our preaching is in vain [it amounts to nothing] and your
faith is devoid of truth and is
fruitless (without effect, empty, imaginary, and unfounded).”
It states further in verses 19-20, “If we who are [abiding] in Christ have
hope only in this life and that
is all, then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied.
20 But the fact is
that Christ (the Messiah) has been raised from the dead, and He became the
firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death].”
So Jesus Christ rose from the dead and that is
why Christianity exists today.
That is also why at
the Lord’s command (Mark 16:15) Christians all over the world are going about
telling everyone who cares to listen that Jesus came to this earth, died for
our sins and rose again after 3 days as He said He would.
Dear friend, please
tell me, do you know any other person who made such profound claims and was
able to achieve it?
I do not know of any.
I only know Jesus Christ the Messiah, Who said it and Who did it.
This shows Jesus is
genuine and since He is genuine, then I must believe and accept all that He has
told me in His Word in the Holy Bible.
Specifically, Jesus
has told me and every other human being that there is life after death and one
can only enter heaven to be with Him (Jesus) by believing, accepting and
obeying His Word in the Holy Bible.
Jesus has told us
to repent of sin sincerely, accept Him as Lord of our lives, and
faithfully obey His commandments.
Is this too
difficult to do? No it is not.
In fact, if anything,
it is the best decision any sane person can take for the time is just around
the corner when the opportunity to take the decision would no longer be there.
Today and NOW, is
the moment to take that decision, dear friend, for tomorrow or later may be too
late.
May the good Lord
bless you as you heed the Words of Jesus today, act on it and share with others
in Jesus’ Merciful Name, Amen.
Gabriel Ama.
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