Ressurection Power

"For is the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised: and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is in vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have only hope in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable." 1 Corinthians 15:16-19

The resurrection of Christ is the most important doctrine in all of God's Word. The whole of the Bible message points towards the passion of the Christ. If you take away the message of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, you make faith in vain. If then we make our faith in vain, we make the faith of those who have died in Christ in vain, and they are lost forever. If the hope of Christ lasts only for this life, then we are hopeless in eternity.

However, that is not the gospel of Christ this day. It is not the truth of God's Word, given to us. The truth of God's Word says that Jesus was "made to be sin on our behalf" (2 Cor. 5:21). He will killed to reconcile us to God. He was raised to show that God accepted His sacrifice (Romans 4:25). Now, He is seated at the right hand of God where He rules supremely. Chris Tomlin wrote a tag to Amazing Grace, "My chains are gone, I've been set free. My God, my Saviour, has ransomed me; and like a flood, His mercy brings, unending love - Amazing grace!" May we live knowing that our sin is gone because of the power of the resurrected Jesus Christ!