Originally posted by Badwater
The question was:
"...in which book of the New Testiment does Jesus rise from the dead?"
You answered 27. Then you answered 15.
That is wildly inaccurate. There is your gross error, for the question is clearly asking for which books provide the account of Jesus' resurrection. The later epistles are drawing upon those 4 accounts, and John's Chistology ...[text shortened]... self.
Your interpretation otherwise is severely flawed given the context of the question.
This is not "severly flawed" or "gross error". This is a little over addressing his/her simple question for the sake of the good news.
It is taking some license to expand the question perhaps to, "In which books is Jesus risen from the dead?"
I think you are overreacting.
Romans 8:11 says
'"And if the Spirit of the One who raised Christ Jesus the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your moral bodies through His Spirit who indwells you."
My answer is preachy. Well it should be. It is great news - His resurrection. After all He rose so that He could impart His life and Spirit into man.
But for you to be up in arms with this being "gross error" and "severly flawed" may simply be your resentment of my emphasizing that His being risen from the dead is applicable to believers in a practical way.
You under appreciate the significance of His being raised from the dead. In a very real sense Romans 8 does speak of Christ's rising from the dead for our release from the fallen sin dominated body. This is good news. I want the questioner to know about this.
I'd rather be livingly wrong than dead right.
Likewise Romans speaks of His resurrection this way
"For if we, being enemies, were reconciled to God thrugh the DEATH of His Son, much more we will be saved in His LIFE, having been reconciled." (Rom. 5:11)
Death and resurrection of Christ there is applicable to man's practical salvation. Because He has risen we can be both reconciled to God and saved daily in the sphere and realm of His life, His resurrection life.
I took the liberty to include these utterances in refering to His rising from the dead. And though you have a little literary point I think you are overreacting.
For a gospel preacher it would be "gross error" and "severly flawed" for me to miss the opportunity to empasize that Christ's rising from the dead is extremly meaningful to believers now, today.
We who have experienced the Christ Who is risen, alive, available, real, experiential, and enjoyable are excited to let people know that Christ is resurrected and can be known.
Maybe you just don't have anything worth telling anyone.