Salvation 2025 | Day 9
“And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.” 1 Corinthians 15:14 (NIV)
Narratives are not mere embellishments of human experience but the architecture of meaning itself. Yet, within the sacred story of redemption, the resurrection of Jesus Christ does not stand as myth but the infallible axis upon which the entire framework of the Christian faith rests. It is not fable but fact; not illusion, but incarnation verified. The resurrection is the irrefutable validation of both the identity and the divine nature of Christ.
Had Christ not been raised, His seven “I AM” declarations: the Resurrection and the Life, the Bread of Life, the Light of the World, the Door, the Good Shepherd, the Way, the Truth, and the Life — metaphors of His mission and divinity, would be exposed as falsehood. But His resurrection was neither hidden nor abstract; it was witnessed by chosen vessels, seen not by one or two, but by His apostles and over five hundred others and more at his ascension, thereby rooting the event in empirical testimony not as dogma.
His resurrection establishes beyond all dispute, the veracity of the Son’s divinity, the finality of His triumph over sin and death, and the certainty of our justification and glorification in Him. It is the climax of the divine narrative, the moment where faith and fact converge, where eternity breaks into time to declare once and for all: Jesus Christ is Lord.
This event not only vindicates the life and death of Jesus, but also redefines human destiny. For those who believe, resurrection is not a theological idea but a living hope. It assures us that the grave is not the end, that justice will not be silenced, and that suffering will not have the last word. It invites every soul to move from despair to hope, from bondage to freedom, and from death to life. The resurrection is God’s declaration that love is stronger than death and truth is mightier than the tomb. In Christ, the believer has already passed from death to life, not in theory, but in reality secured by the risen King.
Further reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1–20, Acts 1:3, Luke 24:1–12, Romans 4:25, John 6:35–51, 8:12, 10:7, 11:25, 14:6
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