CHRIST’S RESURRECTION —
THE DISCIPLES WERE NOT LYING

In every generation, voices arise to question the truth of Christ’s physical resurrection. Some call it symbolic — perhaps referring to the idea that Christ’s message lives on despite his death.

Nonsense!

The apostles were not poets spinning metaphors. They were eyewitnesses of an empty tomb. They were fishermen, tax collectors, and ordinary men — rooted in the traditions of Judaism, bound by the Ten Commandments that expressly forbid bearing false witness. And yet, these men staked their lives on the claim that Jesus had physically risen from the dead.

Paul described their sufferings not as brief inconveniences, but as daily realities of hardship: “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed” (2 Corinthians 4:8–9). For what possible reason would anyone endure beatings, imprisonments, hunger, shipwrecks, stonings, and eventual martyrdom — if they knew they were lying?

The New Testament record is too raw, too costly, and too consistent to be the product of deception. Paul listed his own sufferings in 2 Corinthians 11:24–27, not to glorify pain, but to show the depth of his conviction: HE HAD SEEN THE RISEN CHRIST WITH HIS OWN EYES. His message about the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15 was not a whispered myth but a public proclamation — one that was circulating just years after the resurrection and cited over 500 eyewitnesses, many of whom were still alive when Paul wrote.

If the Resurrection were a fabrication, critics would have rushed in to expose the fraud. But no such rebuttal ever came — not from the Jews who opposed the Christian movement, not from the Romans who crucified Him, and not from the 500 who were supposedly misled. Why? Because the tomb really was empty. THE LORD REALLY WAS ALIVE.

Because Jesus is alive, because He is risen, He doesn’t just reign from a distance — He walks beside us, hand in hand, through every valley and storm. Like a Shepherd who knows each of His sheep by name, He gently leads us through heartache, carries us when we’re weary, and speaks peace into the chaos of our lives. The risen Christ is not only the conqueror of death but our companion in painful circumstances. In every lonely place, every tear-stained night, and every uncertain path, the risen Christ is there — steady, faithful, and full of grace. We are never alone, because our Shepherd lives and walks with us still. (Ron Rhodes)

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