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Importance of Resurrection



1 Corinthians 15:17 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV):  “And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”
I am amazed at how ignorant most are of their salvation.  I will ask “Why, do you think you’ll go to heaven?” or  What happens when you die?”  ninety nine out of a hundred will answer with “Jesus died for my sins.”  True; “Jesus died for the sins of the world, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”  John1:29b.  That is most true but also is “and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”  Jesus had to die for the purpose of removing sin, “to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”  2 Corinthians 5:19.  But this reconciliation can only come when one believes the gospel as presented by Paul when writing:  “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have 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:” 1 Corinthians 15:1-4.
“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”  Romans 5:10.  

Most who proclaim their position in Christ, if they are, are ignorant of what God has given by His Word.  The most important item we have whether saved or lost in this world is God’s living Word; “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” John 1:14.  But sad to say, it the Bible [the King James] is the most neglected, miss used, wrongly divided, miss understood book is this world.  God made it possible for the possible new believer to have everything needed for life in Christ Jesus, but will disregard the only item that has God’s direction to attaining what is sought.  

God has by Christ Jesus done all that He requires for salvation, believe God, by faith receive life and learn who you are {1 Corinthians 15:17} in Him. 

“He is Risen”

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