1 Corinthians 15:14

and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.

'then is our preaching vain' -'without any basis, without truth' (Willis p. 540) 'Empty' (Robertson p. 189); 'there is nothing in our message.' (Gspd) Seeing that the resurrection of Christ is the very heart and substance of the gospel message (1 Corinthians 15:4); without the resurrection of Christ, the gospel would be emptied of it's content.

Point to Note:

And yet there exist denominations and denominational preachers who deny that Christ was raised from the dead. Paul would say, 'if that is true, then you are out of. job, aren't you!'

'your faith also is vain' -for they had believed preaching that proclaimed that Christ was risen. (1 Corinthians 15:1 'and so you believed.')

This verse implies that the faith of the Christian is based on the resurrection of Christ. But for us today, it is also based on the fact that the N.T. contains an accurate description of the actual events, i.e. that the N.T. is the inspired word of God. Hence, the person who claims to be. Christian, yet also denies the inspiration of the Scriptures, HAS JUST CUT ALL THE SUBSTANCE OUT OF THEIR "FAITH". 'If the skeptics refuse to believe the fact of Christ's resurrection, they have nothing to stand on.' (Robertson p. 189)