He Is Risen As He Said He Would!

"But after I have been raised from the dead, 
I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there."

Matthew 26:32

"'No founder of any world religion known to men ever dared say a thing like that!' - Wilbur Smith

John R.W. Scott writes: "Jesus Himself never predicted His death without adding that He would rise, and described His coming resurrection as a sign."  Matthew 12:38-40; 16:21; 17:9; 17:22-23; 20:18-19; 26:32; 27:63; Mark 9:10; Luke 9:22-27; John 2:18-22.

Jesus Christ not only predicted His resurrection but also emphasised that His rising from the dead would be a sign to authenticate His claims to be the Messiah (Matt 12; John 2).  "Therefore when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said." John 2:20-22

'Christ Himself deliberately staked His whole claim to the credit of men upon His resurrection.  When asked for a sign He pointed to this sign as His single and sufficient credential.' (B.B.Warfield)

'Could the Man who predicted His death and resurrection, only to have it come to pass exactly as He had said, be anything but God?' (Corduan, NDA, 227)

Repent and believe the gospel (Mark 1:15), here is the gospel in a nutshell! "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures." 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Precious Pearl:

-'The Christian faith is faith in Christ.  Its value or worth is not in the one believing but in the One believed - not in the one trusting but in the One trusted!' (Josh McDowell)

-so get your assurance from God's Word, not from your thoughts, feelings or whatever or whoever else

Only a risen Christ could have such transforming power in a Christian's life!

I know He lives cause He lives within my heart!

Claudine