The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the greatest event in all of human history, for it is the resurrection of the Lord that separates Christ from all the religions of the world!
For you see, Jesus was not a religionist. He was not the founder of any religion, nor of any religious dogma, doctrine, or philosophy; therefore, the Lord did not come from Heaven to create another institution, but rather to help us over the wall.
Without the resurrection, Jesus would have been no different than the founders of all the religions of the world; and, if He had created a religion, then all He would have accomplished would have been to offer people another item on the menu: such as the food choices we make when standing in front of a smorgasbord.
The death and resurrection of Christ is twofold in contrast to all of the founding fathers of all the religions of the world:
1. Christ was cruicified for the sin of the world: no religious founder has never done that!
2. Christ arose from death: no religious founder has never done that!
None of the founders of all religions of the world never said a word about dying for the sins of people; neither have they said a word about arising from death.
Therefore, all the founders of all the religions of world have died: and they are still dead.
The sum total of all the founders of all religions has been is nothing more than to introduce new ways of believing in something that is different from the religion next door.
Added together, all the religions of the world are nothing more than choices available on a smorgasboad: sugar-coated and candy sweet, designed to look good and taste good, and to excite the taste buds of your mind.
So then, how do we know for sure that Christ arose from death?
Follow the blood.
In Jerusalem, Jesus bled to death on the cross.
Perhaps you would think that the enemies of Christ would have been satisfied, knowing that Jesus was dead: that they would have resumed their normal lives and that the story of Jesus would vanish as soon as His followers realized He was dead, and that the nonsense of Him arising from death was simply wishful thinking: that He was no prophet, and certainly no king, but rather one who had filled the heads of people with false hope.
The enemies of Christ could not see beyond the tomb. The scribes, Pharisees, and others could not see the invisible world on the other side of death. But Satan could. And Satan knew the Son of God was alive again! The Light of world was shining again and the Lord appeared to the disciples and others after three days! Satan saw this and he knew that the disciples and others would take the message of Christ throughout the world and people would be saved from their sins.
Satan's mission on earth has always been to prevent people from knowing God as well as to take souls to hell with him because he hates God; and by the power of his influence, he filled the minds of his evil agents of darkness with the same hatred and venom that they had against Christ. Thus began a trail of blood that began to flow from Jerusalem as the murders of Christians became a battle, and this war has continued until this day in the form of cold-blooded, premediated murders of innocent people, unarmed and defenseless, against swords, spears, axes, and guns.
Why would millions of people be willing to die for a man they have never seen and never met? For all that we know of Christ is from the pages of the Holy Bible. We have no photographs of Him; no newspaper clippings. Yet we believe in Him as if He is living now: and He is alive now! For it is not a dead man that gives us hope: it is hope in a living man that gives us hope. For if our hope is in a dead man, then any religion from the smorgasbord would be sufficient.
Christ gave His blood for the sin of the world; all religion can do: is pour ketchup.
So if you are standing at the smorgasbord of religion,
Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Luke 24: 5)
Amen.
For you see, Jesus was not a religionist. He was not the founder of any religion, nor of any religious dogma, doctrine, or philosophy; therefore, the Lord did not come from Heaven to create another institution, but rather to help us over the wall.
Without the resurrection, Jesus would have been no different than the founders of all the religions of the world; and, if He had created a religion, then all He would have accomplished would have been to offer people another item on the menu: such as the food choices we make when standing in front of a smorgasbord.
The death and resurrection of Christ is twofold in contrast to all of the founding fathers of all the religions of the world:
1. Christ was cruicified for the sin of the world: no religious founder has never done that!
2. Christ arose from death: no religious founder has never done that!
None of the founders of all religions of the world never said a word about dying for the sins of people; neither have they said a word about arising from death.
Therefore, all the founders of all the religions of world have died: and they are still dead.
The sum total of all the founders of all religions has been is nothing more than to introduce new ways of believing in something that is different from the religion next door.
Added together, all the religions of the world are nothing more than choices available on a smorgasboad: sugar-coated and candy sweet, designed to look good and taste good, and to excite the taste buds of your mind.
So then, how do we know for sure that Christ arose from death?
Follow the blood.
In Jerusalem, Jesus bled to death on the cross.
Perhaps you would think that the enemies of Christ would have been satisfied, knowing that Jesus was dead: that they would have resumed their normal lives and that the story of Jesus would vanish as soon as His followers realized He was dead, and that the nonsense of Him arising from death was simply wishful thinking: that He was no prophet, and certainly no king, but rather one who had filled the heads of people with false hope.
The enemies of Christ could not see beyond the tomb. The scribes, Pharisees, and others could not see the invisible world on the other side of death. But Satan could. And Satan knew the Son of God was alive again! The Light of world was shining again and the Lord appeared to the disciples and others after three days! Satan saw this and he knew that the disciples and others would take the message of Christ throughout the world and people would be saved from their sins.
Satan's mission on earth has always been to prevent people from knowing God as well as to take souls to hell with him because he hates God; and by the power of his influence, he filled the minds of his evil agents of darkness with the same hatred and venom that they had against Christ. Thus began a trail of blood that began to flow from Jerusalem as the murders of Christians became a battle, and this war has continued until this day in the form of cold-blooded, premediated murders of innocent people, unarmed and defenseless, against swords, spears, axes, and guns.
Why would millions of people be willing to die for a man they have never seen and never met? For all that we know of Christ is from the pages of the Holy Bible. We have no photographs of Him; no newspaper clippings. Yet we believe in Him as if He is living now: and He is alive now! For it is not a dead man that gives us hope: it is hope in a living man that gives us hope. For if our hope is in a dead man, then any religion from the smorgasbord would be sufficient.
Christ gave His blood for the sin of the world; all religion can do: is pour ketchup.
So if you are standing at the smorgasbord of religion,
Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Luke 24: 5)
Amen.
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