But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.  More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. (1 Co. 15: 12-17- NIV)

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I looked up the word faith and it is a noun and it means; confidence, assurance belief or trust in a religion group or in God.  To me, faith is seeing light with the eyes of your heart, when the eyes of your body only sees darkness.  In this world which we live in, we must exercise our faith daily, without it, where would we be?  As we hear and read news reports from day to day it can become very discouraging. It is my belief that everybody wants to believe in something or someone and has a desire to follow someone.  Why they choose not to belief by faith that Jesus is alive and well, I do not know.  It seems that it is easier to follow a lie than to follow the truth.

 

Perhaps it is because we cannot physically see or touch our Lord and Savior, so this makes it a little more difficult to believe that He exists.  We can look at the way our young people dress and act and know that they indeed want to follow somebody even if that person is the wrong one. 

 

However, to believe in and follow someone that you cannot audibly hear or see will take faith. If we are sons and daughters of Christ, it is important for us who believe that He has risen, to impart our belief into others in an effort to give them hope.  We must be able to convince the most about His life, power, and resurrection.  However, to do that, it must be demonstrated in our lives. We need to be living examples of Christ’s resurrection power , deliverance, and healing so others will be able to see how Our Father has delivered us.

 

Because of our faith  we should have, we should be on fire for Christ and leading the lost souls of this world to a loving Heavenly Father that will and can offer much more than they realize. 

 

I wonder do we really believe that Christ has risen from the dead, and now lives on the inside of us. Or, it is just a convenient way of living trying to fool ourselves and make ourselves belong somewhere.  I will leave you with this question; How can you and I effectively portray His spirit and love to others as we continue to show the life of our risen Savior?

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