Did you know there is a "self-destruct" verse in the Bible? There is. It's even in the New Testament! Paul the Apostle was clear on the absolute logical value of Christian faith. We get most of our strong theology about Christ from his inspired writings. 1 Corinthians 15 is a masterpiece of logic and reasoning. It's in this chapter where Paul gives this point:
13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is in vain, and so is your faith. 15 Moreover, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified wrongly about God that he raised up Christ—whom he did not raise up, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Whoa! Do you know of ANY other world religion that has that kind of thinking in it? Christianity tells the truth. We believe Jesus died and rose again physically from the dead, but we are also honest enough to say if He didn't, then nothing else is true. Wow. That's a strong logical position to take! Paul continues in verse 18: 18 Those, then, who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished. 19 If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone. From here, he asserts the point of the passage: 1Cor. 15:20 But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. 22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. Christians are free to think, and free to believe! Praise God! var refTagger = { settings: { bibleVersion: "ESV" } }; (function(d, t) { var g = d.createElement(t), s = d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0]; g.src = '//api.reftagger.com/v2/RefTagger.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g, s); }(document, 'script'));
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