The Resurrection of Christ

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 15:1-11  (The Message)

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born. 

For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

comment:  god sure does seem to be 'hung up' on dos and tres 'fers,' at times, don't you think?

lets go to a gospel quote, to get sum perspective, on what 'believe' means to god, first:

John 3:36  (NLT)
"And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

before we get to a second quote, let us point out that if we believe in god, we cannot believe in this world, too.  however, all follow the ways of this world, to a varying degree, whether we will admit it or not.  ONLY GOD'S SON'S SPIRIT, CAN POSSIBLY WALK THE WALK, as it were.  but now, our second quote [:-)]:

Step Two - "Suggested" Anonymous Program of Recovery - bigbook page 59:

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

listen up, all you yahoos, that is only step two, and a very long journey is ahead, for all that desire to receive what god has to offer.  ergo, one day at a time, and easy does it, ok?

Prayer:  heavenly father, we praise you for letting us learn how to believe, that is acceptable to you, from your perspective.