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Believers of the Old Testament times looked forward to the coming of their Messiah. New Testament believers look back to the cross and the resurrection. Both of these events culminate in the unique person of Jesus Christ.
The apostle Paul says, "It was through what His Son did that God cleared a path for everything to come to Him -- all things in Heaven and on Earth -- for Christ's death on the cross has made peace with God for all by His blood...and now as a result Christ has brought you into the very presence of God, and you are standing there before Him with nothing left against you...the only condition is that you fully believe the Truth, standing in it steadfast and firm, strong in the Lord, convinced of the Good News that Jesus died for you, and never shifting from trusting Him to save you." (Colossians 1:20-23)
Hundreds of millions of people around the world have discovered this marvelous "path" because of Jesus' death on the cross and His bodily resurrection from the dead.
Jesus' death bridged the gulf between the holiness of God and the sinfulness of man. He died to pay the penalty of our sin and rescue us "out of the darkness and glood of Satan's kingdom" and bring us "into the Kingdom of His dear Son, who bought out freedom with His blood and forgave us all our sins." (Colossians 1:13-14) But without His resurrection and ascension, His sacrifice would have been incomplete, and we would have remained under the penalty of death. (I Corinthians 15:17)
To believe in Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world is to believe in a living person. People often ask, "What is the meaning of belief?" The Amplified New Testament expresses the full meaning of the term believe as "adhere to, trust in, and rely on." The Gospel of John has been called the Gospel of Belief. The word believe occurs many times in the book of John. Chapter 20, verse 31, expresses the purpose of that book:
"These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing, you may have life in His name."
The living Savior, therefore, is the basis for Christian confidence. The resurrection is the foundation of our certainty that we have eternal life and that we experience daily the indwelling presence of our loving Savior.
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Why is the resurrection so essential to our faith? (I Corinthians 15:17, Ephesians 2:4-10)
Adapted from The 10 Basic Steps Toward Christian Maturity, byBill Bright, co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ. © Cru. All rights reserved.
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