Posted on 04/08/2012 12:05:04 AM PDT by U-238
Easter is a celebration of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. How important is the resurrection of Jesus Christ? The Apostle Paul wrote about the importance of the resurrection of Christ in the entire 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians. He began by saying, "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once: of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time." (1 Corinthians 15:1-8)
The Gospel is good news because it states the only way that a person can be saved from the punishment for sin and someday be allowed to go to heaven. We are all sinners as measured by God's holy standard, which is absolute perfection. The punishment for sins is eternal death in the Lake of Fire. (Revelation 20.) No one deserves heaven. No one can earn heaven by good works. We are all born condemned. God loved the world of sinners so much that He sent His eternal Son from heaven to die for sinners. (John 3:16)
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Before, folks really didn't know what happened to the dead. Even those who were raised from the dead, like the Widows Son with Elijah, died again. So there was no certainty.
With Christ's Resurrection and bodily return to heaven, we know positively that there is life after death. And, moreover than that, since Christ is Still Alive (at the Right Hand of God the Father) that there is Eternal Life.
The only question will be the quality of Eternal Life. With Faith in Christ, it is Eternal Life, Love and Joy. Without Christ, it really is not life, not love, not joy and worse.
Better is life in Christ, follow Him.
12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.The resurrection is the start of the New Creation right in the middle of the Old Creation.
I Corinthians 15
The Risen Lord... The Author of MY Salvation... how can I even begin to say how important that is.
To deny THE RESURRECTION is to deny JESUS and the FATHER. One cannot be a CHRISTIAN and deny CHRIST. HE IS RISEN... and HE will win... I have read THE BOOK and I KNOW! HAPPY EASTER MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
LLS
May the blessings of the LORD JESUS be upon you and your family today... my dear friend. GOD bless you and thank you for being my friend.
LLS
Orthodox believers greet each other on Easter with these words:
“Christ is risen.”
“He is risen indeed.”
And those words can be spoken after every event; even when the worst things happen, those facts overcome them all.
..and life is worth the living because He lives...
It is the central act of history, of the universe and all creation. The Resurrection literally changes everything!
HE IS RISEN. MARANATHA!
Amen and while I am a flawed sinner... I belong to HIM... if he will have me. Happy Easter my friend and GOD bless!
LLS
Yes, I do believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Praise Jesus! Come, Lord Jesus.
Thanks for a much needed clarification of John 3:16
Life is hard enough in a fallen world with Jesus. I don’t know how the people that don’t know Him, are able to function if you sit down and try to analyze the insanity all around you in the world.
You honor me with your friendship, dearest LLS.
Blessed Happy Easter.
He is Risen! Alleluia!
My eyes are misty reading your words. God bless you.
He is Risen! Alleluia!
“The resurrection is the start of the New Creation right in the middle of the Old Creation.”
Our preacher was stressing that this morning.
2 Cor.: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
And also reminding us that Christ’s resurrection isn’t JUST so “now we get to go to Heaven”, it is so that we can be changed here on Earth, and help in the continuing transformation of God’s creation. And that this change is an “unstoppable force” - both in us, and in the world.
Thank you, onyx. And to you as well!
He is risen indeed!
And because He is risen, so shall we.
With Christ's Resurrection and bodily return to heaven, we know positively that there is life after death. And, moreover than that, since Christ is Still Alive (at the Right Hand of God the Father) that there is Eternal Life.
Indeed. we know that we are immortal. Death does not ultimately claim us.
It also means that we will truely get to someday meet our maker and thank Him for the joy of this life.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen
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