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Christ's resurrection is central to the gospel of salvation; it is the very foundation of the Christian faith.
Christianity is not just a system of beliefs or a philosophical view of life. Christianity is Christ, If you take Christ out Christianity it will cease to exist. Jesus is not just a good moral teacher or one of the great prophets of ages past; He is God in the flesh
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Read 1 Corinthians Ch.15 v1-58)
The essence of Christian worship
The essence of Christian worship is not in its form or style, nor a system of philosophical teachings about good works. The essence of Christian worship is in the person of Jesus Christ. Worship flows from a genuine understanding of the character of Jesus. When one truly comprehends that, worship will flow from us to the Father because of the Son.
There is no salvation in His name, but upon the fact of His death and resurrection. The Apostle Paul lays much stress upon the fact that Christ died for our sins, and was buried, and rose again.
"For there is no salvation in any other name given under heaven by which we may be saved, but by the name of Christ"
(Acts 4: 12) (Gospel of John 14: 6)
Our Faith must be centred around the death and resurrection of a Saviour
Paul speaking again the Book of Acts Ch.13 :14-39 He expounds the doctrine of justification by faith, which is centred around the death and resurrection of a Saviour v29-31 He also confirms yet again that it was "according to the Scriptures"
Fact of the Resurrection v1-11
If the resurrection is not a fact and if the resurrection never occurred, then the redemption of man, which Christ came to accomplish, He failed to perform, for His resurrection was the demonstration of the perfection and efficacy of His atonement. If Christ was not risen, then sin was not put away; the Gospel was not true; the Corinthian Church had believed in a fable; the Apostles were false witnesses; the Christian faith is not a reality and is only for this life, and eternity is not a future prospect. - Paul reminds us in the first chapter that the Gospel of God's salvation of grace is based on certainty
What is this certainty - What is the Gospel of Salvation?
It is found in the atonement and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, these doctrines are the two great foundational stones of the Gospel, and if either of them were denied, then the Gospel ceases to exist because the Gospel of God's grace concerns
A person......... . The Christ of scripture and of history
His death........ For our sins according to the Scriptures
His resurrection....... He was buried and was raised again on
the third day according to the Scriptures.
For if Christ did not die as an atoning sacrifice for sins, then sin has never been put away, nor has God's eternal claims satisfied, and, consequently, there is no deliverance from its power and doom. If the Resurrection were denied, then Christ failed to accomplish what He purposed to perform, for He came to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself as a Sin-offering (Hebrews:9 26).
These two great foundation doctrines are based upon the Scriptures of the Old Testament; and those writings being from God their testimony silenced all discussion and controversy.His burial is asserted as the evidence of His death; and that He was seen, alive is declared as proof of His resurrection. This is the Gospel that Paul proclaimed and preached, that the early Church accepted; and by which men and women are saved.
This truth is confirmed by Old Testament prophecy
see (Psalm 16:10) (Isaiah 53) (Psalm 22) (Daniel 9:26-27) (Hosea 6:2)
Also by many eyewitnesses, who saw Christ after he had risen from the dead. The early Church believed it. All the Apostles agreed in this belief and by this faith they live and in this faith they die.
There is no one who has ever lived, who is like Jesus. He full of majesty and owns the title "King of Kings", but He shed His royal robes in order that "He might wear the robes of a servant". Yet He is much more than the King who became a servant, He is the eternal, almighty God, who took upon Himself human flesh. He was perfect man. He is unique among all persons, who have ever walked this earth.
When one looks unto the historical account of the life, character and essence of Jesus, he must fall on his face and cry out "You alone are worthy of worship"
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ