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Jesus Christ's resurrection and its life-giving purpose is a consistent theme in the writings of His apostles. One of the most incisive passages concerning His resurrection is found in one of Paul's letters to the Corinthians:
"Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain.
"We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ-whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.
"If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied" (1 Corinthians 15:12-19, New Revised Standard Version).
This is one of the most powerful statements in the Bible on the significance and indisputability of Jesus Christ's resurrection.
In a similar statement in the book of Acts, Paul defended himself before the Judean king Agrippa II regarding the resurrection of the dead, saying, "Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?" (Acts 26:8). Paul also boldly confirmed that even Agrippa was aware of the promise of the resurrection to eternal life for those who obey God (verses 6,26).
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