I believe if there is one thing which could change the course of our faith-derail it even-it would be the validity of the resurrection of Jesus. If someone could somehow prove it never happened everything falls apart. I just finished reading I Cor. 15 in One Faithful Life by John MacArthur. In his commentary he gives Paul’s 6 disastrous consequences if there were no resurrection. Here they are:
- Preaching Christ would be senseless. (v.14)
- Faith in Christ would be useless. (v.14)
- All the witnesses and preachers of the resurrection would be liars. (v.15)
- No one would be redeemed from sin. (v.17)
- All former believers would have perished. (v.18)
- Christians would be the most pitiable people on earth. (v.19)
As you can see quite a bit of weight lands on the resurrection. Quite a bit of truth is dependent on the resurrection. When you think about it, that explains why so much effort has been put in by skeptics to somehow disprove its validity.
And that is good news for us! We stand on truth. If the resurrection were not true they would not be trying so hard to find loopholes and use flimsy excuses. Standing on truth is a good place and solid place to plant our feet.
“Father, thank you for the resurrection. It is the hope of all mankind. It is the rock of all Christ-followers.”