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Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

You're listening to Daily Truth. If the death of Jesus, rather, completely satisfied the Father's wrath towards sin,

then why does our text say that we are still in our sins if Jesus did not rise from the dead?

The answer is that the resurrection of Jesus was the reward for his sacrifice.

If the reward is withheld, it is because the sacrifice was deficient. If God will not let

his own son go free from the grave and take his seat at his right hand in glory,

it can only be because his son's sacrifice for our sins was defective. It was not sufficient,

it is not enough. The resurrection of Jesus is what validates the infinite value of the blood of Jesus.

If Christ is raised, then his sacrifice is sufficient.

As one theologian once said, the resurrection is the exclamation point to the crucifixion,

and more particularly to the statement of Christ himself as he was being crucified when he says

it is finished. The empty tomb is the confirmation, God's stamp of approval, the seal, the promise that Christ's statement

on the cross, it is finished, was true, that it is indeed finished, that the wrath of God

has indeed been fully satisfied on our behalf. That the punishment

you and I deserve as sinners for the wages of sin is death, that punishment has been dealt

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