The resurrection of Jesus is an historical fact authenticated by hundreds of witnesses. Resurrection is a present religious experience for followers of Christ. There is a future resurrection of our physical bodies, when the last trumpet sounds. Christian baptism preaches all three of these resurrections. To live for Christ, to be in Christ, to follow His life and teachings is to experience the resurrection in a hundred ways in our lives. So, when you are crushed, put down, suffering setbacks, know that we are people of the resurrection. Our problems, our hurts, not even death itself has the final word.
“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.” (2 Corinthians 4:8-11 NASB)
