Matthew 22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

If there is one issue which points directly to why anyone would not believe in any religion it would have to be the issue of resurrection. If there is no resurrection, what is the point of any religion? I once asked a Buddhist why she was a Buddhist and her reply was, “So that I will be kinder to my fellow man.” My reply to that was, “You do not need religion to do that.”

The issues of an afterlife are not totally unique to Christianity. A desire for immortality is common within natural man. Beliefs of an afterlife vary within different belief systems as to what that looks like and how it comes about. Reincarnation is a form of resurrection with a different method of understanding. It is not seen in these days, so a fair amount of skepticism is to be expected.

1 Corinthians 15:17a And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain;

Faith fails if there is no resurrection. So how can we know by faith that we believe in a risen Savior? If we do not have a reasonable answer, why should anyone believe our witness?

2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

We believe in the promise of resurrection because He has kept His word in the other promises. It is not that much different than any relationship we develop with mankind. If they keep their word, we gain trust in what they say. Broken trust breaks fellowship. I can say as a faithful witness, God has not broken one promise with me.

Those promises are manifested in Christ and if you do not abide in Christ, those promises are not to you.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created…

I will not debate the issues of creation. I should not have to debate creation or evolution. I see no conflict. Others do but it is not a point that should be up for debate. All you have to do is look at the definition of scientific theory to understand why.

A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not “guesses” but reliable accounts of the real world.

Science examines the natural world. It is right there in the definition. Science cannot experiment on spiritual things. The observation of the spirit can only be performed by those of us who have been quickened, born again, given spiritual eyes and ears.

Man has every right and ability to believe and accept science. What man should not do is demand that science proves anything spiritual. The lie of the enemy is that science is superior to faith. Once again, science cannot destroy what is not contained within its realm, the natural world. The spiritual realm is beyond its reach.

To explain my opening sentence, allow me to paraphrase scripture; render unto science the things of science and render unto the spirit things of the spirit. I can and do believe both, but unlike others, I do not allow one to destroy the other.

Mark 4:11b Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:

Only those of us who have been born again, of the spirit, have the required element of life to perform the grand spiritual experiments to uncover the mysteries of the Kingdom. Without the spirit we would be like a scientist without powerful microscopes, unable to make observations.