And now Jet. us approach the fact from another angle. I have mentioned three things which were factors in Paul's conversion to the belief in the Resurrection, but there is another itself,—and the Christian conception of power and love of God. There word in the text. The ques-addressed to Agrippa and ds not—"Why is it judged incredible with you that the dead are raised?" but, "Why is it judged incredible with you that God doth raise the dead?" And in that word "God" is the crux of the whole argument. Paul is not concerned to the immortality of the human but for him the Resurrection on the known power and love God the Father. And after all, what argument for the Resurrection ries conviction apart from belief God? We may argue that life is unfinished here, that the injustices active belief in God and His interest in us. But to the soul which is sure Resurrection is no longer merely an aspiration, a hope, a longing, it becomes a conviction. It ceases to be an incredible thing, but it is the inevitable conclusion from our faith in Him as He is revealed in this book. "If indeed there be a God, such a God of love and infinite compassion Christ proclaimed, then the believer may be sure that his care for the Souls he loves does not end with this short span of human life. If the measure of God's love and interest in us be indeed the Cross of Christ, if that represents what he cares for the souls of men, then every Christian may be sure with Paul, that Resurrection lies deep in the very character of God. If God is, and if He be the kind of God whom Jesus revealed, then everything can be left to rest in His character and power.
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