WHAT RESURRECTION MEANS TO ME
"But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." (1 Corinthians 15:13, 14). The resurrection of the dead is a fundamental truth of the Christian faith. Upon this one truth lies the hope of every man and woman who names the name of Christ. Jesus' entire life and ministry was driven toward this one outcome: that He would give His life freely as an offering for our sin, and that God would raise Him from the dead to gain the ultimate victory over death, sin, and the devil. The mystery of eternal life begins in Genesis, in the very beginning when God created man and woman. He planted a garden in Eden, and among all the trees planted there, God placed two unique trees. The one tree was the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The other tree was the Tree of Life. God told Adam and Eve that they could freely eat of any tree in the garden except the T