39. Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life: Conquered Death

Send us Fan Mail Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this? (John 11:25-26 ) Jonathan Edwards states, “The resurrection of Christ provides the most convincing miracle that could assure us of a happy victory over sin and death.” (The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume 1) Edwards argues that the resurrection is central to Christian faith, serving as the most powerful evidence of Christ’s divine mission and the assurance of eternal life for believers . For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. (John 6:40)