I think we all
- read the bible
- heard numerous messages
- heard someone pray
- or prayed
about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins and being raised from the dead by conquering death and sin.
This is the main bases of our Christian faith so what if it's not true..
- we will be in some serious dew dew
- those apostles are all liars or was delirious
- we'll still be unforgiven sinners
- our faith is futile, we're helpless, with no power of holy spirit
- no life after death, we'll just perish or reincarnate as a flower or something
- we would be gentiles forever without any hope (can we convert to Jew?)
Fortunately for us, I believe that God did accept Christ as a perfect sacrifice for our sins and that he was raised him from the dead to be with God.
Now, I need to believe and continuously remind myself each moment of my life that His death was real and He was sacrificed for my/our sins.
thanks il for posting. It's been awhile hasn't it?
ReplyDeleteYou're right, we need to be reminded again and again that Jesus really died and rose again for the forgiveness of our sins. And we need to start living like we believe it too. Otherwise, our indifference betrays our true feeling that 'perhaps' we don't believe in the resurrection, in which case, as Paul reminds us in 1 Cor. 15:17, our faith is futile and we are still in our sins. Let us be reminded, that Jesus died and is alive right now and therefore we who believe in him should live with the confidence that "if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive us of all unrighteousness." So let's confess our sins with a sincere heart and let us go on living for the Lord!
Posted by Pastor James