Easter Day (A) Believe and be Saved
Easter Day (A) Believe and be Saved April 11, 1993 By Rev. Ernest F. Campbell When I think about the fact that after 40 years in the ministry this could be among the last Easter sermons I am privileged to preach, it makes me want to bear down a little harder. I ask myself, what really needs to be communicated. The news that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead is the bedrock truth of Christian doctrine, and the center thrust of apostolic preaching . Paul , writing to the Corinthians (1 Cor: 15:3-4), says it like this: “What I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins, that He was buried and according to the Scriptures, He was raised on the third day.” (1 Cor: 15:14 & 15:17) “If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless – your faith is useless and we are still in our sins.” In the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2: 31-32), Peter proclaimed the resurrection of Christ like this, “Jesus was not abandoned to the grave, nor di...