[ 2014-04-21 ]

Christ's resurrection not a metaphor - Otabil
The Death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is not
a metaphor or a fairytale for simple minds, Pastor
Mensah Otabil, General Overseer of the
International Central Gospel Church said on Easter
Sunday.

This reality he said has become a source of some
of the deepest rifts in Christianity and a
stumbling block for some Christians, and more than
a few skeptics.

Delivering a sermon on Resurrection Sunday on the
theme Jesus the Resurrection at the Christ Temple
in Accra, Pastor Otabil said Christs bodily
resurrection completed the work of redemption.

His resurrection and his virgin birth are
realities that people find difficult to accept.
This separates Jesus from any historic leader. So
you cannot embrace Christ and not accept this
truth

The story of Doubting Thomas touching him as
stated in John 20:26-29 helps us to believe Jesus
really died and resurrected, so is the absence of
the guards at the tomb, the empty tomb, the folded
grave clothes and the broken seal, are proof of
his resurrection Pastor Otabil told his
congregation.

Jesus disciples were fully convinced by the
evidence of His resurrection even at the very
peril of their lives and brutal murders they
faced, they still proclaimed that Christ really
resurrected, he said.

Pastor Otabil said although some see Christ as a
revolutionary who was killed, the risen Lord rose
so that Christians would have salvation, rather
salvation was a personal thing that each one
should encounter to access eternal life.

People live like there is no life after death but
death is just the beginning of another life. There
is a heaven and a hell and a punishment that is
eternal, he added.

Source - GNA

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