Can one be a christian and not believe in the resurrection?

[Columcille]

Just remember asdf's gospel is one of a postmodern re***essment. Christianity, in order for it to be recognized for what it is, must contain some very elementary aspects shared amongst the Christian community from the past to the present and crossing national boundaries. For a person to say they believe in Christ, but not his resurrection, is a person without any authority in his life, for he rejects the Scriptures. Now if you want to make a case for a "pre-Christian" state, such as Romans 2 states concerning an upright Gentile... I think a case can be had. But let's stop the redefining Christianity by eleminating those things that have always existed in Scripture. Peter Rollins only is demonstrating one side of the coin, but a coin nevertheless has two sides to it... if that coin only has the face but no tail, it is either a fake or a faulty minting, in both cases the coin is not legal tender.

Just as Romans 10.9-10 states "If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from death, you will be saived. For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved."

A confession that does not believe Christ was resurrected certainly doesn't have faith in God to be considered a genuine Christian. If he was raised in the lie, you might have a case of the righteous Gentile, but I think if the Spirit resides in him that red flags should go up when comparing the Scriptures to such an unChristian view.

[aristotle]

Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:
Col 2:17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

this is a list, though not exhaustive, of those things which we, as fellow saints, have freedom in choosing. we can be eat beef, pork, or vegetables only. we can meet on sunday or tuesday. these things have no substance outside Christ and i am forbidden to put another under subjection to what i think ought to be observed. however:

1Co 15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Th 4:15 For this we declare to you on the Lord's own authority--that we who are alive and continue on earth until the Coming of the Lord, shall certainly not forestall those who shall have previously p***ed away.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
1Th 4:17 Afterwards we who are alive and are still on earth will be caught up in their company amid clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
1Th 4:18 And so we shall be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

if anyone thinks to ignore or deny the clear words of the text then they place themselves in jeopardy. the apostle paul in both corinthians and thessalonians made it very clear that a resurrection is going to take place. even john in revelation speaks of a resurrection of the just and one of the unjust. we may disagree on the placement of the rapture but there can be no denial of the resurrection. as dr. walter martin loved to say, "i can read the text for myself. i don't need you to tell me what it says."

as to any unitarians remind them of this verse as spoken by our Lord:

Mat 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

'nuff said

[ActRaiser]

I'd just like to revisit this thread and say no. They can't be saved if they don't believe in the Ressurection.
Not unless they beleived it to begin with.

[SarahC]

TY for your responses! I agree. The 1 Cor verses were what I thought of too.

[borrows123]

These are very helpful for me...
I was a bit tense about these things.....

[Jean Chauvin]

ABSOLUTELY NOT

The resurrection is an essential doctrine, if you deny it, you cannot be a Christian.

I Corinthians 15:1-4.

Respectfully,

Jean Chauvin (Jude 3).

[alanmolstad]

You can NOT be a Christian if you don't believe in the Resurrection!

case-closed!