Resurrection’s Importance

Why is resurrection so important? – Randy Alcorn

Well, there is so much in the above. I am not a theologian and it would take a lot more study and learning than the 30 minutes or so I devote to the lesson in my MasterWork study. But, I will say that there are a few things that we have to look at to see the importance of resurrection.

First, look at the way I wrote resurrection. I did not say “the resurrection”. Resurrection is important in that there is a transformation of our physical bodies and not just a removal of the old body and the getting of a new one. “Despite the radical changes that occur through salvation, death, and resurrection, we remain who we are. We have the same history, appearance, memory, interests, ans skills.” – Randy Alcorn We are not turned to be different, our current selves are transformed back to how we were created, as the pinnacle of His work.

Next, resurrection is a physical thing. Our bodies do not remain in this world. We are reunited with our bodies that were created as God intended. We were meant to be body and soul. Thinking of our creation, God created our bodies from the earth and then breathed life into us. Until He breathed life into us, we were not. Once our soul, God’s Breath, was united with our bodies, we were created. Resurrection is important to reunite our bodies with our soul.

Then we have “the resurrection”, Christ’s resurrection, “without Christ’s resurrection and what it means—an eternal future for fully restored human beings dwelling on a fully restored earth—there is no Christianity.” – Randy Alcorn If Christ was not physically resurrected, then everything we believe cannot be true. Our preaching is not true. Our faith is not true. Our dead are not resurrected. We are not free from our sins. All who died before us have perished. Paul tells us all that without the truth of the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15:14-19 we are simply living a lie.

So, why resurrection. We are transformed back to God’s perfect creation. Our soul and body are reunited. Without Christ’s resurrection, we would be living a lie. Resurrection is what we hang our hats on in Christianity. Without it all else is futile.

Where are you on the importance of resurrection? Are you of the thought that it is or isn’t, and that the idea of Christianity is okay too? What if you looked at resurrection as “THE” importance of Christianity?