In his new book The Apostle’s Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits, Dr. Albert Mohler describes 7 New Testament themes that are just a small sample of the blessings of the living hope we have in the risen Christ.
- The cross and the resurrection represent a unified saving action (Romans 4:24-25).
- As a promise of the future, the church preaches the bodily resurrection of Christ from the dead (Luke 24:24).
- The bodily resurrection of Christ fulfills the promises if God in the Old Testament (Luke 24:25-27).
- The resurrection of Christ from the dead provides the ground of our salvation since he lives always to make intercession (Hebrews 7:25).
- The resurrection of Christ is an incentive to repentance (Acts 10:39-43; 13:37-38).
- Christians experience the same resurrection power in sanctification (I Peter 1:3).
- The resurrection identifies Jesus Christ as the true Son of God (acts 17:30-31). The resurrection of Christ is not merely one doctrine among others—it is of the highest doctrinal importance.[1]
These precious truths should serve as tremendous encouragement in our daily lives. Encouragement that the same power and love of God in Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection is at work in us.
[1] R. Albert Mohler, The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits, (Nashville, Tennessee: Nelson Books, 2019), 96.