TEXAS GOSPEL VOLUNTEER
The resurrection of Jesus is not just one part of the Christian message that can be quietly set aside without consequence. According to Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:15, removing it from the gospel does not simply weaken the message, it destroys the integrity of everyone who has ever preached it. If Christ was not raised, then the apostles who gave their lives for this message were not brave men of faith. They were people who died for something that was not true.
But there is something even more troubling than that. If Jesus did not rise, then Jesus himself made promises he could not keep. He said he would rise, and if he did not, then either he was wrong or he was misleading people. That is a thought that cannot be squared with who Jesus claimed to be. The resurrection is not a footnote. It is the hinge on which the whole gospel turns. Take it away and nothing holds together. Keep it, and everything in the Christian life finds its proper place.
But God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.
Acts 2:24
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