"Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised."
The bodily resurrection of Jesus from the dead is not only an indisputable reality; it is an indispensable reality. Without the resurrection, Christianity is a cruel farce, and Christians are pathetically trusting in the worthless, empty hope of life beyond death. Without the resurrection, the apostles were a band of liars, and I am a liar too.
How then shall I live? I shall live confidently trusting that the resurrection did happen (as later verses reinforce). I shall not give an inch on this very important doctrine. I shall speak truth and rejoice in the reality that I am trusting in a risen savior.
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