The
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the most significant event in human history. You might think that His
birth was the most important thing to have ever happened, or maybe it was His
death. But if Jesus hadn’t risen from the dead, it would have cancelled out
His birth and His crucifixion. The apostle Paul said, “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless. You are
still in your sins.” (1 Cor. 15:17). Paul had seen Jesus in His
resurrected body, and was pointing out the importance of believing that He
arose (1 Cor. 15:8).
What do you really believe about the resurrection of
Jesus?
The Scriptures make it clear that you must “believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead” for you to be saved (Romans 10:9). However, there are
two ways to wrongly believe in the resurrection.
1. Wrongly believing Jesus was raised spiritually, but not physically. This belief actually denies the resurrection.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses wrongly believe Jesus became a spirit and not in a
physical body. However, Jesus confirmed that it was His physical body, “See My hands
and My feet…for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see
that I have” (Luke 24:39). He had His same body, but it had undergone a miraculous
change.
2. Wrongly believing
in His resurrection with your head, but not your heart. Roman 10:9 says you
must “believe in your heart.” Some people will mentally acknowledge the fact
of His resurrection, but this isn’t real faith. When you truly believe in
your heart, it will radically change your life. You realize that His resurrection
validates everything that Jesus taught about Himself, the afterlife, and
the importance of following Him as your Lord.
So
then, do you believe in your heart that Jesus was raised in His body? If so, it’s
extremely important for you to tell others about the most important event in
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