Prompted
How an Incredible Truth Gives Us Hope
Too good to be true isn’t always a reason for skepticism
Some people attending the church in Corinth in the first century denied the resurrection of the dead. Paul addressed this error toward the end of a letter he wrote to that Church.
By doing so the apostle made one of the most remarkable assertions in the whole Bible.
Behold I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15: 51–52, NKJV)
These words and the rest of the argument Paul makes for the reality of the Resurrection, should fill us with a sense of victory, hope, wonder and joy. Without the resurrection, Christianity would be no more than a system by which to live our lives and order society. Perhaps it would be considered the best system; grace, forgiveness, and love for others are admirable principles.
But would anyone be able and willing to live up to them?
If Jesus did not rise from the dead his crucifixion would be, at best, an insignificant footnote in the history books. It probably would not be remembered at all.
