Focus: Resurrection of the Dead
Part 1
Greetings Sons of God:
The resurrection of the dead is the most important part of
our doctrine from the standpoint had there been no resurrection, all of this,
Jesus and His ministry was in vain (verse 14).
But a great question that many believers are asked is how do we know that
Christ is risen? What evidence do we
have that Christ is risen from the dead? Let’s look back at the apostles and
what happened after the resurrection of Christ.
First we need to establish that this is the truth and truth
is not a thing but a person. Jesus said
I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life.
So He is the original and the creator of what we see on the visible
world. But what proof is there that he
is the living God. Well let’s see how this was answered by the apostles in Acts
2.
Now in this scripture (Acts 2:29-36) we see the sermon Peter
gave and in His sermon he said that all of them are witnesses to the
resurrection of Christ. Now when we look at Scriptures we see that Jesus shows
himself on the Earth to a number of people.
1 Corinthians 15 says he showed himself to Cephas, the 12 apostles and
another 500 brethern. So, they are
witnesses of the resurrection but what good is that to us today? Thank God for Him being Him seeing the
beginning to the end. Jesus made a way,
by the gift of the Holy Spirit in power and spiritual gifts to show and be a
witness unto His resurrection and the power He had on Earth. So in other words, your life and your destiny
is the evidence of the resurrection of Christ.
See the apostles were blessed to see Christ in the flesh and were are
blessed to receive the gift of the risen Christ within us, The Holy
Spirit.
This is why in order to receive the gift of the risen
Christ, you must have believed that God raised Him from the dead! If you do not believe that, then you are not His
and are still condemned to death and hell.
If there was no resurrection then there is no believer and no living
God. This is why the foundation of our
faith is in the living God and know that he was resurrected from the dead and
have given us the opportunity to live and reign with Him in immortality.
Now there is more to this doctrine
and in the next message we will discuss living the resurrected life.
Peace, Love and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
