Christianity differs from religions and philosophies because It has proof of Its value to mankind.
Religion wants power, the Remnant focuses on Love! Power without Love can be cruel. Don’t focus on faith at the expense of Love and hope. Love went to the cross so we could live. And because It did, we now live by the proof of Its reality.
Hope is the “picture” by which faith is exercised and possesses it. Love is the motivation by which a righteous picture is formed in the first place. FATHER thought it, then HE saw it in the SPIRIT, and then it manifested by HIS faith.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 15:
14 And if Christ has not been raised, all of our preaching has been for nothing and your faith is useless.
15 Moreover, if the dead are not raised, that would mean that we are false witnesses who are misrepresenting God. And that would mean that we have preached a lie, stating that God raised Him from the dead, if in reality He didn’t.
16 If the dead aren’t raised up, that would mean that Christ has not been raised up either.
17 And if Christ is not alive, you are still lost in your sins and your faith is a fantasy.
Since I have had five near-death experiences, I know with certainty that Jesus Christ is My Lord and Savior. FATHER has pulled me away from death and has reassured me that I will live and not die. I don’t live a life of theory or philosophy but one of Truth and reality. This is why I can write being moved by The Holy Spirit. Paul understood this reality and could even write from the depths of prison, knowing Who Jesus is IN HIM.
18 It would also mean that those believers in Christ who have passed away have simply perished.
19 If the only benefit of our hope in Christ is limited to this life on earth, we deserve to be pitied more than all others!
20 But the Truth is, Christ is risen from the dead, as the firstfruit of a great resurrection harvest of those who have died.
21 For since death came through a man, Adam, it is fitting that the resurrection of the dead has also come through a man, Christ.
22 Even as all who are in Adam die, so also all who are in Christ will be made alive.
23 But each one in his proper order: Christ, the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ in His Presence.
24 Then the final stage of completion comes, when He will bring to an end every other rulership, authority, and power, and he will hand over His Kingdom to Father God.
25 Until then He is destined to reign as King until all hostility has been subdued and placed under His Feet.
26 And the last enemy to be subdued and eliminated is death itself.
27 The Father has placed all things in subjection under the Feet of Christ. Yet when it says, “all things,” it is understood that the Father does not include Himself, for He is the One Who placed all things in subjection to Christ.
28 However, when everything is subdued and in submission to Him, then the Son Himself will be subject to the Father, Who put all things under His Feet. This is so that Father God will be everything in everyone!
Once Paul had his personal encounter with Jesus, he was no longer an enemy of Christ but was a vessel of honor who was called to the lost of the world.
Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in chapter 27:
51 At that moment the veil in the Holy of Holies was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth shook violently, rocks were split apart,
52 and graves were opened. Then many of the Holy ones who had died were brought back to life and came out of their graves.
53 And after Jesus’ resurrection, they were plainly seen by many people walking in Jerusalem.
There were sufficient eye-witness accounts of what happened when Jesus was resurrected from the dead. The Pharisees could spread disinformation but to no avail for it was too late!
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 1:
27 Living within you is the Christ Who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a Heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for His people, and God wants everyone to know it!
Paul and the other apostles had personal testimonies of the resurrection of Christ. Those testimonies have continued throughout history, including my own. I have no interest in religious philosophies or opinions. Reality is what will change the mindset of the lost.