AMAZING GRACE

   Had Jesus remained dead in Jerusalem, the New Testament of the Bible would have never been written.  The Gospel of Christ would have never been preached because there would have been no good news to tell.  After all, would sane men go to the uttermost parts of the world to tell the story about another dead man? 

   Had Jesus remained dead, He would have been just another unnamed victim of Roman crucifixion, and all of the names and places in the New Testament would have never been recorded.  

   All of the religions that have been created by men over the past two thousand years would have never been invented had Jesus remained dead.  There would be no Catholicism, Islam, Zionism, Chrislam, or Mormonism, and the Protestant Reformation would have never happened.  There would be no church buildings across the United States, nor in other nations.  All of the songs and sermons about Christ would have never been sung or preached, and there would be no Christmas or Easter, no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny.

   Without the resurrection of Christ, we can see that the world would be a dark place.  There would be no love of God upon the earth because the love of God would have remained in a tomb. 

   Had God not raised up His own Son from death, we would have never heard about a resurrection from death, and all of the talk about a place called Heaven would have been from the imaginations of men.  This also means that God would have cared about His own Son and not about us, and we would be no more than pagans, worshipping idols and images of gods from the imaginations of men, who would rule and reign over us, for we would be no more than slaves.

   But even the enemies of Christ know that Jesus was resurrected from death!  Why else would there be false churches and false ministers of Christ today had Jesus remained dead?  Why else would these men be pretending to be ministers of God?  Why else would men such as these adorn themselves in fancy suits and priestly garments and take money from people in the name of Jesus had Jesus remained dead?

   Jesus said,

      "I am the way, the truth, and the life:  no man cometh to the Father, but by me." (John 14: 6)

   These false ministers, false teachers, false preachers and false priests, however, want people to believe that THEY are the way, that THEY are the truth, and that THEY are the life! 

   These false priests want people to believe that THEY are the Father!

   These false men of God want people to believe that Jesus is still dead in Jerusalem, and that the resurrection of Christ never happened!

   We know the New Testament of the Bible is truth, for even the enemies of Christ believe it!

   What, then, will people believe?  Will they believe in Christ of the Bible, or will they believe in the words of men posing themselves as God, living in Rome, or living on any place on the face of the earth?  For none of these men has the power to die for sin, not one of them has the power to forgive sin, and not one of them has ever been resurrected from death! 

   What will people believe? 

   If we, however, say we believe in the resurrection of Christ, what manner of persons should we be?

      "Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children." (Ephesians 5: 1)

   If we say we believe in Christ, then we must also believe in His resurrection.  If we omit His resurrection, however, then we will remain followers of men, followers of religion with all of its bells and whistles, and thereby agree with the false ministers to keep Christ in a tomb, never telling others about Christ, but only able to say fancy words about the fantasy of religion.
   Knowing Christ is to experience the amazing grace of God and the power of His resurrection.