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THAT THE RESURRECTION
OF JESUS CHRIST
IS ALSO AN ESSENTIAL BELIEF
FOR RECEIVING SALVATION
“…IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH
THE LORD JESUS
AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART
THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD,
YOU WILL BE SAVED.
FOR WITH THE HEART ONE BELIEVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND WITH THE MOUTH CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO SALVATION.”
Rom 10:9-11
“BUT IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD,
THEN CHRIST IS NOT RISEN. AND IF CHRIST IS NOT RISEN,
THEN OUR PREACHING IS EMPTY AND YOUR FAITH IS ALSO
EMPTY. YES, AND WE ARE FOUND FALSE WITNESSES OF GOD,
BECAUSE WE HAVE TESTIFIED OF GOD THAT HE RAISED UP
CHRIST, WHOM HE DID NOT RAISE UP -- IF IN FACT THE
DEAD DO NOT RISE. FOR IF THE DEAD DO NOT RISE,
THEN CHRIST IS NOT RISEN. AND IF CHRIST IS NOT RISEN,
YOUR FAITH IS FUTILE; YOU ARE STILL IN YOUR SINS!”
1 Cor 15:13-18
“BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST, WHO ACCORDING TO HIS ABUNDANT MERCY
HAS BEGOTTEN US AGAIN TO A LIVING HOPE
THROUGH THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
FROM THE DEAD, TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE AND
UNDEFILED AND THAT DOES NOT FADE AWAY,
RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU…”
1 Pet. 1:3-5