What do liberal preachers say about Jesus not really being dead, and how does Les answer it?
Liberal and modernistic preachers claim that if Jesus was raised, He was not really dead; He was only unconscious and later brought back to life. The grounded response is that He was literally and physically dead, buried three days and three nights as proof, and God raised Him on the third day according to the Scriptures.
Les explains that the resurrection is central: if Christ be not raised, faith is vain, you are yet in your sin, and those fallen asleep in Christ are doomed, because without resurrection power there is no eternal life. He ties this to the threefold gospel: the eternal Creator God took on human flesh, died, shed His blood, and was buried three days and three nights as proof positive He was really dead. Liberals and modernistic preachers say He was just unconscious and brought back to life, but Les says no, He was literally, physically dead, and God raised Him from the dead the third day according to the Scriptures.