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“Now if Christ be preached that He rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?…But now is Christ risen from the dead” (1 Corinthians 15:12,20).
There were some in Corinth that were teaching that there is no resurrection of the dead. But the Apostle Paul points out that if Christ rose from the dead, then it follows that believers will rise from the dead too. Paul points out that the resurrection of Christ is absolutely vital to Christianity. If Christ did not rise, then we are not saved; we are still in our sins.
Today is the day when the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, and because of that, we can remember Him in death. If the Lord Jesus did not rise, then death would have conquered Him. But He conquered death, and rose from among the dead. His resurrection is an established fact, for there were many witnesses who saw Him afterward, and who could testify that He was alive. Because of Christ’s resurrection, every true believer who has died will rise from the dead when the Lord Jesus comes back to take us home to Himself.
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