And if Christ be not raised,  your faith is vain;  ye are yet in your sins  ( 1 Corinthians 15:17 ) Second only to the divinity of Jesus Christ is the Doctrine of the Resurrection as a stumbling block for unbelievers. Those who consider the resurrection of Christ unbelievable argue that the early church fabricated this story of the resurrection to personify a lie they themselves conjured up. Or that Jesus Christ was a lunatic, a man of poor character who lived to deceive those that followed him. Today we will address the question, can we be sure of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. rection on your own. It’s just that important! The apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:13-17 not once but twice that if Christ was not raised than our faith is in vain. Consider this; If Christ did not raise from the dead we are believing a lie.  If Christ did not raise from the dead we do not have forgiveness of sin;  If Christ did not raise f...