Believing in the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth has the following implications:
1. It carries a pledge of the future resurrection of believers, for ‘though in Adam all die,
in Christ all shall be made alive’ (1 Corinthians 15:22).
2. Jesus isn’t a memory, but a living presence ”“ even the dearest memory fades.
3. Jesus isn’t a figure in a book but a living person to be met.
4. To be a Christian isn’t about knowing about Jesus, but one of knowing Jesus and trusting him implicitly.
5. There is an endless quality of life offered by Jesus Christ. He isn’t simply a model for life; he is a living presence to help us to live.
6. Christ did for us that which we couldn’t do for ourselves: He died ‘with us’, ‘for us’, and ‘instead of us’. And his Resurrection cut us loose from the chains of death and made it possible for us to be given new life in a new community for all, where God’s will is being done.
Amen!