One cannot be born again IF they do not understand and believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ

1. S U N E S I S L E A R N I N G I N I T I A T I V E
SOLOMON APPIAH
April 12, 2020
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R E S S U R E C T I O N : T H E B A S I S O F T H E
C H R I S T I A N F A I T H
A divine affirmation is how God affirms the ministry of someone—in this case, Jesus—to all
followers and would-be followers. It is how God confirms a person's ministry beyond a shadow
of a doubt. GOD once for all affirmed Jesus' ministry and identity as God and not just as a mere
man. He began at his birth, then baptism, and continued till the day he left the earth so we
would be without doubt.
Without this affirmation, none of us can believe, or accent /agree to that affirmation in our
hearts, and hence we cannot be born again as per Rom 10:9-10.
What did God use to affirm Jesus? The answer is his resurrection—not his death. All other
founders of other religions died, but none claimed they resurrected.
Without believing in this, you cannot be saved or righteous (Rom 10:9-10).
Romans 10:9-10 (AMPC)
9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your
heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised him from the
dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and
so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses
(declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.
Romans 4:25 (AMPC)
25 Who was betrayed and put to death because of our misdeeds and was raised to secure
our justification (our acquittal), [making our account balance and absolving us from all
guilt before God].
What did he die? For our sins!
Why was he raised up after three days? To justify us or to make men righteous.!
The people of the Old Testament kept killing goats but it could not make them permanently
righteous. Jesus came to rectify that so for one to be saved, they must believe in their heart (not
heads) that God raised Jesus from the dead with all its implications.

2. A P O S T L E P A U L ’ S T H E S I S O N T H E
R E S U R R E C T I O N
This verse is proof that the affirmation is his resurrection:
1 Corinthians 15:32 (AMPC) What do I gain if, merely from the human point of view,
I fought with [wild] beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised [at all], let us eat and
drink, for tomorrow we will be dead. [Isa 22:13]
Paul says, minus the resurrection, forget Christianity. Why? It’s the basis of our belief.
This is how Papa affirmed for all ages that Christianity is different from other religions. One
should comprehend the resurrection before saying the so-called "sinners prayer." It's the basis
and fulcrum of the Christian faith.
The entire argument Christianity offers is that man can be made righteous, but this is impossible
without the resurrection or God's affirmation. If the resurrection is impossible, then let us eat
and drink because eternal life is not available. Tomorrow we die!
SEEK ye His Kingdom & His Righteousness is impossible if he did not resurrect.
The resurrection is the basis and foundation of our new nature—righteousness.
His resurrection is how GOD affirmed that Jesus is not a mere man but GOD.
Only GOD can come back to life.
God, through the Holy Ghost, brought Jesus back to life, a new man with a new body.
No religion can boast of that.
For a better comprehension of the resurrection, please read the following:
1 Corinthians 15:12-35 (AMPC)
12 But now if Christ (the Messiah) is preached as raised from the dead, how is it that
some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen;
14 And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is in vain [it amounts to nothing] and
your faith is devoid of truth and is fruitless (without effect, empty, imaginary, and
unfounded).
15 We are even discovered to be misrepresenting God, for we testified of Him that He
raised Christ, Whom He did not raise in case it is true that the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised;
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is mere delusion [futile, fruitless], and
you are still in your sins [under the control and penalty of sin];

3. 18 And further, those who have died in [spiritual fellowship and union with] Christ
have perished (are lost)!
19 If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hope only in this life and that is all, then we
are of all people most miserable and to be pitied.
20 But the fact is that Christ (the Messiah) has been raised from the dead, and He
became the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death].
21 For since [it was] through a man that death [came into the world, it is] also through
a Man that the resurrection of the dead [has come].
22 For just as [because of their union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also [by virtue
of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive.
23 But each in his own rank and turn: Christ (the Messiah) [is] the firstfruits, then those
who are Christ's [own will be resurrected] at His coming.
24 After that comes the end (the completion), when He delivers over the kingdom to
God the Father after rendering inoperative and abolishing every [other] rule and every
authority and power.
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32 What do I gain if, merely from the human point of view, I fought with [wild] beasts
at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised [at all], let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will
be dead. [Isa 22:13]