Yep, you better believe it! The concept of spiritual resurrection is all over the New Testament. I as a Gnostic have often encountered Christians claiming that the idea of spiritual resurrection is false, heretical, and never appears in the New Testament at all. People who take this view usually use the following verse as proof:
1 Corinthians 15:14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
While that is all well and good, it doesn't tell us much on it's own, except that Christ has been raised. It doesn't go into details about what Christ being raised is, and people usually assume it must mean bodily resurrection, because that's what they are taught to believe. However, that verse can tell us nothing more then that Christ has been raised.
However, I can prove that spiritual resurrection is all over the Bible. Let's examine some verses shall we?
Colossians 2:12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.
John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
We see through these few verses that the concept of spiritual resurrection is certainly supported in the Bible. Colossians says you are buried with Christ when you are baptized, and raised to new life. The one from Romans says something similar, and Jesus says in John that anyone who hears his words 'has already' passed from death unto life.
Now I have effectively demonstrated that spiritual resurrection, what many call un-biblical and a Gnostic heresy, is indeed not so. This idea is found in the scriptures, and it was believed by the earliest church, including St. Paul, the champion of Gnosticism as Marcion of Sinope the Gnostic father so spoke.
Spiritual resurrection is in the New Testament, and it is the true resurrection, so if anyone believes they haven't yet attained the resurrection then they've missed out on what the scriptures say.
1 Corinthians 15:14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
While that is all well and good, it doesn't tell us much on it's own, except that Christ has been raised. It doesn't go into details about what Christ being raised is, and people usually assume it must mean bodily resurrection, because that's what they are taught to believe. However, that verse can tell us nothing more then that Christ has been raised.
However, I can prove that spiritual resurrection is all over the Bible. Let's examine some verses shall we?
Colossians 2:12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.
John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
We see through these few verses that the concept of spiritual resurrection is certainly supported in the Bible. Colossians says you are buried with Christ when you are baptized, and raised to new life. The one from Romans says something similar, and Jesus says in John that anyone who hears his words 'has already' passed from death unto life.
Now I have effectively demonstrated that spiritual resurrection, what many call un-biblical and a Gnostic heresy, is indeed not so. This idea is found in the scriptures, and it was believed by the earliest church, including St. Paul, the champion of Gnosticism as Marcion of Sinope the Gnostic father so spoke.
Spiritual resurrection is in the New Testament, and it is the true resurrection, so if anyone believes they haven't yet attained the resurrection then they've missed out on what the scriptures say.
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