Seven Reasons Why The Resurrection Of Christ Is So Important

Paul explains that the resurrection is not only a fundamental part of the Gospel, but it is the glue that holds every part of the Gospel together. Without it, Christians are believing in vain and are without hope. But since Christ has risen from the dead, we have hope of having our sins forgiven, being made right in God’s sight, and having eternal life through Christ.

6. To give us a living hope. Being forgiven of our sins and justified before God gives Christians tremendous hope. Christians are changed from being enemies of God bound for hell to becoming forgiven children of God with an eternal inheritance in heaven that can never be taken away. What could be better news than that? “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3).

Illustration: The German theologian, Jurgen Moltmann, expressed in a single sentence the great span from Good Friday to Easter. It is, in fact, a summary of human history, past, present, and future: "God weeps with us so that we may someday laugh with him." ”Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” (1 Corinthians 15:58)

7. To show us that we will be raised like him. Christ is described as the first fruit of the resurrection from the dead, meaning that his resurrection is a precursor to the resurrection of all believers (1 Cor 15:20). 1 Cor 15:21-22 explains, “For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.”

Christians will enjoy the resurrected life just like Christ did, with glorified bodies raised in power (1 Corinthians 15:42-44). We may suffer in this life with many pains and illnesses, but in the life to come, we will not suffer, but enjoy the perfect bodies we have always longed for.

Closing: Some people may think only uneducated or non-intelligent people become Christians who believe in the resurrection of Jesus. But that is not true. Look what Ian Hutchinson said:

“I’m a professor of nuclear science and engineering at MIT, and I believe that Jesus was raised from the dead.  So do dozens of my colleagues. How can this be? We really believe in the bodily resurrection of the first-century Jew known as Jesus of Nazareth. My Christian colleagues at MIT – and millions of other scientists worldwide – somehow think that a literal miracle like the resurrection of Jesus is possible.”

Happy Resurrection Day! Jesus is alive!

Note: This sermon used many sources from other preachers