- The Gospel of Jesus is about life! The resurrection of Jesus is the evidence that this good news of this life does not end but is eternal, because Jesus Himself is the good news and his resurrection means eternal good news.
- All the promises of Jesus are meaningless if Jesus remained under the power of death; but because Jesus defeated death, Jesus can fulfill what Jesus has promised.
- Jesus gives his life to us in the two great sacraments: baptism and the Lord’s Supper; if Jesus is dead these two sacraments are memories of a dead person and this is not good news.
- The words of Jesus are not words of a dead man who is no longer with us, lives only in our memory and his words are only those that we remember. But being the risen Lord, his words come to us by the Holy Spirit, who gives life, and who raised Jesus from the dead; that makes the words of Jesus give life by the Holy Spirit, and also communicate to us the life of Jesus.
- The resurrection has proclaimed for us the kind of life we will have in the kingdom; it is life without corruption but is fully human.
- The resurrection is the event which proves Jesus’ love for our humanity. What was taken in the Incarnation was not temporary but now has become immortal; thus we shall be immortal like Jesus.
- The resurrection revealed the unity of the divine and the human in Jesus. This eternal union is the guarantee of our union.
- Our prayers in the name of Jesus are not prayers in the name of someone who is under the power of death, but is the Victorious Lamb of God.
- Death was the main obstacle in our life which has colored even our love for each other; but now the Lord is risen, and sacrificial love does not come to an end. It is given to us to share in the eternal sacrificial love of the risen Lord.
- The promise of sending the Comforter, who will dwell in us forever, is meaningless if we have no eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- The resurrection of Jesus is the only reason for our resurrection on the Last Day.
- The resurrection of Jesus is the victory of love over hate, light over darkness, life over death, reconciliation over fear, true God who loves humanity and accepted union with our humanity in his Son over the false gods who exercise their divine power on the ground of radical dualism between Creator and the created, hidden god who reveals only his will but not his person.
Twelve Reasons for Believing In the Resurrection of Jesus
