WHY THE TRUTH OF THE RESURRECTION PUTS TO DEATH HALF-TRUTHS
Whole truth reveals and kills half-truth. The whole truth clears away the impurities. The truth clears up misinformation. It eliminates the spin. Why is truth important? Because we live and die by truth.
In Paul’s letter to the church at Corinth he says, But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead? For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless (1 Cor. 15:12-14 NLT).
Because the evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the Resurrection of Christ:
There is a resurrection of the dead, there is life after death, there is a Heaven and a Hell, everything Jesus ever said is of ultimate importance, believers who have already passed from this life are alive and with the Lord in Heaven, and we have a future beyond this life.
Because of the Resurrection, life is worth living, Jesus is worth serving, and the Good News is worth sharing.