I find it ihighly ronic that you not chose a Hindi god of resurrection as a a comparison for a god who didn't raise from the dead, you chose one with some highly similar (and far earlier) story details in common with the Christ story.
It is intriguing to note that the approach of sceptics has shifted in recent times from an attempt to demonstrate that historical research has shown that Jesus was
not raised from the dead, to the idea that the historical question «is probably unanswerable».
Paul is absolutely right that if Jesus was
not raised from the dead, our faith is vain and we are yet in our sins.
Not exact matches
The stuff they say in the bible is real, but you'll know the value of it unless you believe it first, give God a chance first, and then the things like Jesus
raising from the
dead, it's
not such a big deal anymore.
Galatians 1:1 «1 Paul, an apostle (
not sent
from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who
raised Him
from the
dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me,»
Since he arose
from the grave, as did Lazarus... how come people aren't being
raised from the
dead today?
Not until the last - written book in the Hebrew Bible» the Book of Daniel,
from the second century b.c.» do we find a biblical affirmation that God will
raise the
dead to eternal life.
1 Peter 3:18 — during the crucifixion when Christ died — Jesus died in the flesh, but his deity was alive «alive in the spirit» (a Spirit can
not die, therefore when a verse says «
raise from the
dead» it can only refer to a bodily resurrection)
Enoch did
not confess that God
raised Jesus
from the
dead.
Jesus is
not on the cross He has been
raised from the
dead by God the Father.
I also choose
not to wear a cross as that to me glorifies his death and
not the victory of God
raising our Lord and Savior
from the
dead.
But Abraham speaks over the head of the rich man, over the heads of the Pharisees, in what sounds like a direct address to us church types who claim faith in a certain Galilean
raised from the
dead, «If they do
not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises
from the
dead.»
God
raising Jesus
from the
dead,
not Jesus
raising himself
from the
dead.
So did Jesus
raise himself
from the
dead or did God
raise Jesus
from the
dead?You say that if the Bible is
not all true then Jesus did
not rise
from the
dead.
Thus, like Luke, Matthew embodies in a Resurrection story the conviction of the Church that the
raising of Jesus
from the
dead, as the Lord of all men, meant that its task must be to witness to him and to preach him as Lord to all the nations, although, as Acts shows, the realization that the gospel was meant for all nations, and
not only for the Jews, came gradually as a result of further revelation, and could
not have been an instruction given at Easter.
They don't believe Jesus
raised from the
dead.
The scriptural witness of the prophecies should be enough as a basis for faith; Mary did
not find the Lord through her quest for his body, but only through answering his personal call to her; she must
not cling to his bodily presence, for his life is now on another plane, with the Father who is the Father of all those who follow Jesus because he is his Father who has
raised him
from the
dead; Thomas is offered sight and touch, as a gracious concession to his lack of faith; but he does
not believe because of this, but because the risen Lord addresses him; and the happiness of those who have faith without sight is greater.
The cross of Jesus was
not simply a convenient way for Jesus to die so that God could
raise him
from the
dead, but a symbol of Rome's power.
The answer was no they would
not listen to Moses why would they listen to one
raised from the
dead (Jesus).
But teens don't need Jesus to be crucified and
raised from the
dead to have positive outcomes and pursue family friendly alternatives to MTV.
Does this new finding prove an invisible, all powerful, magic man who lives in the sky had an evil talking snake tempt a woman, made
from a rib, to disobey him, whereby he put a curse on all future humanity, then later changed his mind and decides to lift his curse by impregnating a human woman with himself and having himself tortured, killed, and
raised from the
dead, so that if you believe all that, you get to live forever in heaven after you die, but if you don't, he will torture you forever in hell?
He was
not just
raised from the
dead; He was also given the right to rule at God's right hand!
when He knew that He would be
raised from the
dead, and therefore,
not ultimately forsaken, that is,
not really abandoned, rejected, or despised?
Not in such a way where someone was healed
from cancer or
raised from the
dead.
i confess with my mouth to ALL the WORLD i believe in JESUS CHRIST who was crucified and GOD
RAISED HIM
FROM THE
DEAD he now lives sitting on the right hand of the father I AWAIT HIS RETURN even if the WHOLE WORLD DOES
NOT FOLLOW HIM AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE WE WILL FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST
If you don't believe that Christ was
raised from the
dead in the body as well as in spirit, you're
not a Christian - you can call yourself one, and other people might buy into your claim and affirm your pseudo-Christianity, but you're
not a Christian.
In fact there seems to be a few things that the bible says we have been saved by... Jesus (Romans 5:9), grace and faith, (Ephesians 2:8) believing (mark 16:16), confessing that Jesus is Lord and believing Jesus was
raised from the
dead by God (Romans 10:9), Love God and your Neighbor (Luke 10:25 - 28), repentance (2 Corinthians 7:10), baptism (1 Peter 3:21), Endurance (Matthew 24:13), works (which is best described as actions and
not good deeds)(James 2:24) and obeying (Matthew 7:21).
He did
not however
raise physically
from the
dead, nor did he die to erase our sins, nor was / is he God.
Their way of thinking was in terms of the older Jewish belief in «resurrection of the body» — and hence the only manner in which they could proclaim that Jesus had
not been put out of the way through death was to say that he had indeed been «
raised from the
dead», that he was in and with God, and that those who belonged to him were granted a share in the risen life which was properly his own.
Stories of Jesus
raising someone
from the
dead are fairly rare in the New Testament: the
raising of Jairus» daughter may be such a story, but it is
not entirely clear (see page 41); John 11:1 - 44 is another.
«Thomas did
not believe he was
raised from the
dead until he saw him for himself and touched and felt the nail scars, it was only then that he exclaimed «My Lord and My God».»
Here are some examples: When He was resurrected, his disciple Thomas did
not believe he was
raised from the
dead until he saw him for himself and touched and felt the nail scars, it was only then that he exclaimed «My Lord and My God».
But we ought to be able to have this faith without demanding a proof — for no proof is possible — and quite independently of whether or
not Jesus was
raised from the
dead.
Just as in so much of Paul's language the Jesus who was
raised from the
dead must be understood in terms of spirit, so also this remains the most satisfactory, if
not indeed the only, category in which to understand the nature of the risen Christ.
As long as he fulfills this function I don't need to claim that he was born of a virgin or was specially chosen by God, that he healed the sick or was
raised from the
dead.
Either the God of Israel, who engaged in the events we have heard reported, such as the
raising of Jesus
from the
dead, is the true God, or he is
not.
3:21), but we do
not get it until the Lord comes for us and we are
raised from the
dead (1 Cor.
In view of the fluid nature of this belief, and since, for the reasons outlined above, the disciples had been led to believe the Easter message that Jesus had been exalted to heaven, the divine
raising of Jesus
from the
dead was
not only a synonymous way of proclaiming the exaltation of Jesus, but the most natural way of doing full justice to the two foci of the Easter message, death and exaltation.
Then the Most High will say to the nations that have been
raised from the
dead, «Look, now, and understand whom you have denied, whom you have
not served, whose commandments you have despised.
«1 Paul, an apostle — sent
not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who
raised him
from the
dead — 2 and all the brothers and sisters1 with me, To the churches in Galatia: 3 Grace and peace to you
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us
from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever.
In his commentary on John 2:22 — «After he was
raised from the
dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed in the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken» — Origen cites the words spoken to Thomas in chapter 20: «Blessed are those who have
not seen and yet have come to believe.»
This was
not Simon of Cyrene nor the Good Samaritan, but the spirit of Tabitha,
raised from the
dead following an intervention by Peter, because her charity was found to be indispensable.
Or what if Jesus had
not raised his «just a shell»
from the
dead?
As to
not dying after the resurrection, that may be true of the others who have already died, but when we are
raised from the
dead in the future resurrection, we will
not die afterwards.
My jock isn't in a bunch over the issue becasue I know that most will
not believe even though One is
raised from the
dead before their eyes.
«which He brought about in Christ, when He
raised Him
from the
dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named,
not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Zech.9: 9, also David, he too rode on an ass, and Psalm 22:16 - 18, this is David it happened in I or II Chronicles, or I or II Kings, will later show, then Isaiah 53, this is about the servant who will, or is the intercessor for the transgressors, when you read in Isaiah 53:10, it says this servant will «PROLONG» his days, meaning he will eventually die, and in the
NT, and the christians say jc will
raise from the
dead, «Egyptian resurrection mess» and then live forever.
They believed this to be possible for them because, through their conviction that he had been
raised from death, they did
not simply look back in memory to Jesus, a
dead preacher.
We are
not capable of imagining what we will be like when we
raise from the
dead.
He healed the sick, brought back the
dead to life and
raised himself
from the
dead - but still many don't believe.