The Resurrection Assumed and Neglected

“Raised with Christ” is now available

Almost 2,000 years ago Jesus rose from the dead.

As Christians, unfortunately we may have grown all too familiar with this, but the apostle John originally “fell on his face as though dead in order to worship his best friend,” explains author Adrian Warnock. “This was the Son of God in all his glory. Who could stand before him? This revelation of the glory and majesty of Jesus had shaken him to his core. The only appropriate reaction was reverence, awe, and wonder.” (pp 156).

Warnock writes out of deep concern that compared to his atoning death, Jesus’ resurrection sparks relatively little discussion in the church. We can become so focused on the cross where Christ died for our sins, that we almost forget he was “raised for our justification.”

To assume or neglect the resurrection is to neglect the gospel—in preaching, in evangelism, and in application to our own lives.

In reality the resurrection changes everything. It changes the cross from a tragedy into a triumph. It changes fear into love, despair into joy. It changes people from being spiritually dead to being alive to God. It changes anxiety into a hope that goes beyond the grave. It changes our sinful hearts so they want to follow the Lord Jesus.

“Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion,” wrote John Stott. “The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed.”

Learn more about this important book at raisedwithchrist.net, check out Adrian’s blog, or skim the contents and sample chapter.