Now,
let me ask you something profound yet troubling. If you became
believers because you trusted the proclamation that Christ is alive,
risen from the dead, how can you let people say that there is no such
thing as a resurrection? If there’s no resurrection, there’s no living
Christ. And face it—if there’s no resurrection for Christ, everything
we’ve told you is smoke and mirrors, and everything you’ve staked your
life on is smoke and mirrors. Not only that, but we would be guilty of
telling a string of barefaced lies about God, all these affidavits we
passed on to you verifying that God raised up Christ—sheer fabrications,
if there’s no resurrection.
If
corpses can’t be raised, then Christ wasn’t, because He was indeed
dead. And if Christ weren’t raised, then all you’re doing is wandering
about in the dark, as lost as ever. It’s even worse for those who died
hoping in Christ and resurrection, because they’re already in their
graves. If all we get out of Christ is a little inspiration for a few
short years, we’re a pretty sorry lot. But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy of those who are going to leave the cemeteries. ~ 1 Corinthians 12-20 (The Message)
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