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Bible Baptist Church

Bradenton, Florida

From My Heart

From My Heart March 23, 2008

 

A great Presbyterian evangelist of the early 1900's was William E. Biederwolf.  Read his word on Christ's resurrection:

 

              If Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead, how do I know that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life?

              How do I know that he that believeth on the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved?

              How do I know that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin?

How do I know that He has gone to prepare a place for me and that He will come again and receive me unto Himself?

How do I know that the Spirit of God who raised Jesus Christ from the dead shall also quicken my mortal body?

How do I know that when He shall appear I shall be like Him?

How do I know that "the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in me"?

How do I know that the promises of this Book are worth any more than the ink it took to print them or the paper it takes to hold them?

I don't know.  There is no way to know.  If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then I have nothing to do but to take a chisel and hammer and go out to the grave of my loved ones and chisel away the beautiful words, "I am the resurrection and the life," and cut in their place the cold, icy and heart-breaking words, "I do not know; I have no way to tell."

"If Christ be not risen," Paul says, "our preaching is in vain, and your faith is vain also," and "of all men we are most miserable."

But, thank God, He did rise!  They sealed His tomb, but it couldn't hold Him.  He lay there cold and dead in the grave.  All earth had given up hope, but all Heaven knew better.  I think Gabriel must have said to the celestial choir, "Hold your breath a minute now, for you'll need it"; and as the minute of the world's mightiest miracle ticked off, the breath of God swept through the sleeping clay; and like a flash of light, His glorious Son was on His feet again, while Heaven's angelic choir rose tier upon tier and row upon row and shouted, "Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!  Christ is risen!  The Son of God is alive!"

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