Resurrection

By: R. K.

• 1 min. read • grade level: 6

There is a word uttered by the Lord which we do well to remember: "Take heed what ye hear," and "Take heed... how ye hear." (Mark 4:24²⁴And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. (Mark 4:24); Luke 8:18¹⁸Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. (Luke 8:18).) The Corinthians had been listening to someone who said, "There is no resurrection of the dead." The Apostle gives seven reasons for the faith of it (1 Cor. 15:13-19¹³But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: ¹⁴And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. ¹⁵Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. ¹⁶For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: ¹⁷And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. ¹⁸Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. ¹⁹If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. (1 Corinthians 15:13‑19)).

Many learned men and scientists cast doubts upon the Bible today, but there are three letters which for me answer all the questions of scientists—they are G-O-D. This Book, I grant, is full of improbabilities and impossibilities to man, but not to God. These men say, "How can dust be raised? The bodies of martyrs have been burned in the fires and scattered to the winds, or gone to corruption. Their dust has passed through ever so many changes; it has become blades of grass, and passed into the bodies of animals." Only last week I was thinking of the world as a vast casket which contains precious dust belonging to God.

Click here to show subject links in the text for more information.