Because HE Lives!

Many Christians, especially Roman Catholics and Protestants, think that we are saved because of the death of Christ. Some even go to say that even if Christ were not resurrected, Christians would still be saved because of His sacrifice on the cross. While it's true that Christ's death on the cross is crucial for our salvation, without His Resurrection we can never be saved. Orthodoxy always maintains this important truth.

St Paul says: "If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.... If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins". [First Letter to Corinthians, chapter 15 verses 14 & 17]

Lord Jesus Christ is God who became Man for our salvation. He came to save us from sins, to cure us from our mortal disease. Sin is like lethal cancer, devouring us into eternal death. Our Lord died for us to defeat death with His death, He was infected by our sins yet His Blood had become Antidote for us. Being the Source of Life, death could not overcome Him, instead death was overcomed by the Life. Because death has been overcomed, sins have been defeated, our salvation is secured. It's in His Resurrection that we are fully saved. Because He lives, we are made alive to live the fullness of life.

This indeed is the Gospel, the Good News: Because He lives, we can also live! Praise God!

Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen! Alleluia!