You Say You Are a Christian, but Does Jesus’ Death and Supernatural Resurrection Give You Doubt? Mark says: “whoever does not believe will be condemned”

You Say You Are a Christian, but Does Jesus’ Death and Supernatural Resurrection Give You Doubt? Mark says: “whoever does not believe will be condemned”

MESSAGE SUMMARY: If you are asked, do you respond to the question of your “Religious Preference” with “I am a Christian”? If so and as a “Christian”, does the supernatural story of a human dying more than two thousand years ago but coming back to life in three days give you doubt? Well, faith without conviction in the reality of Jesus death and Resurrection lacks the foundational component for your being a true Christian and a Follower of Jesus. Therefore, what does the Resurrection of Jesus the Christ have to do with you? Paul, in 1 Corinthians 15:13-14, summarizes the implications of Jesus’ death if His resurrection had not occurred: “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.". Because of what God did in raising Jesus from the dead, we have forgiveness of our sins -- the crucifixion was not complete until the Sacrificial Limb, Jesus, passed over death and was resurrected. In Mark 16:16, Jesus tells the Apostles, just before His Ascension, the implications of our belief or non-belief regarding our prospects for Eternal Life: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.". Being a Follower of Jesus mandates your committed faith in God’s Grace and God’s sacrifice of Jesus to die on the cross for our sins and then Jesus’ Resurrection three days later. However, the evidence to support your faith is compelling.

 

TODAY’S AFFIRMATION: Today, because of I am filled with the Holy Spirit, I will not be controlled by my Anxiety. Rather, I will walk in the Spirit’s fruit of Peace. “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” (Galatians 5:22f).

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE (ESV): 1 Corinthians 15:14-19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Mark 16:1-13; Psalms 10b:10-18.

THIS SUNDAY’S AUDIO SERMON: You can listen to Archbishop Beach’s Current Sunday Sermon: “In this Third Sunday of Advent, It Is Revealing, in Isaiah’s Prophecy, to See God’s Strategy and Actions for Connecting Humanity Through the Coming of Jesus the Messiah", at our Website: https://awtlser.podbean.com/

WEBSITE LINK TO DR. BEACH’S SERMON VIDEO – “We All Need “Hope” in Today’s World of Fear, Doubt in Our Faith, and Feelings of “Hopelessness”; and God Is this “Hope””:  www.AWFTL.org/watch

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