Resurrection of Jesus

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And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:14, ESV)

The Resurrection of Jesus refers to the miraculous raising of Jesus Christ from the dead on Easter morning, the third day after His death upon the cross (Luke 24:46). The apostle Paul teaches that this is central to the gospel (1Co. 15:4): that if the resurrection had not occurred, then Christian preaching would be useless, the faith of Christians would be useless (1Cor. 15:14) and Christians would yet be in their sins (1Co. 15:17). Paul also teaches that Christ's resurrection was effective in the justification of believers (Rom. 4:25).

Historic Protestant belief has been that Jesus Christ was resurrected physically, "with the same body in which He suffered" (Westminster Confession 8:4). This belief is vindicated by Christ's own words in Luke 24:39, "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." (KJV)


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Resources

  • Robert B. Stewart, ed., The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan and N.T. Wright in Dialogue (Fortress, 2006)
  • Paul Copan, Ronald Tacelli, eds., Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment? A Debate Between William Lane Craig & Gerd Ludemann (IVP, 2000)
  • N.T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God (Fortress, 2003) - 2004 Christianity Today Book Award

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