Joseph Attoh 
The General Secretary of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Samuel Gyau Obuobi, has underscored the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the bedrock of Christian belief.
Delivering the sermon at the climax of the Easter Convention at the Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC), Accra, on Sunday, April 5, 2026, he described the resurrection as the believer’s “living hope.”
Preaching on the theme, “Living Hope Through the Resurrection,” Apostle Obuobi drew from Matthew 28:11–15 to highlight both the reality of Christ’s resurrection and the attempts made to suppress its truth. He recalled how the guards at the tomb were instructed to claim that the disciples had stolen the body while they slept, an effort he said was designed to distort the Easter message. Yet, he stressed, the testimony of the risen Christ has endured unshaken.
“The gospel remains simple and unchanging,” he told the congregation. “It is centred on the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, not on personalities or human systems.”
He insisted that faith must rest on the historical reality that Jesus was crucified, died, and was buried. Quoting Luke 23:46, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit,” he affirmed the certainty of Christ’s death, while Luke 23:53 confirmed His burial.
The turning point, however, lies in the resurrection. Citing John 20:8, “He saw and believed,” Apostle Obuobi declared the empty tomb the greatest evidence of Christ’s victory over death.
“We are not serving a dead Saviour,” he said. “You can visit the graves of other religious leaders, but when you come to Jesus, the tomb is empty.”
He explained that this truth underpins the believer’s hope, referencing 1 Peter 1:3: “He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” This hope, he said, is active and transformative, shaping how Christians live and face the future.
Apostle Obuobi emphasised that death, though an enemy of humanity, has been defeated. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 15:22, he noted that while all die in Adam, all are made alive in Christ. He described Jesus as not only confronting death but overcoming it, quoting Acts 2:24: “God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.”
He further explained that Christ’s triumph extends to the one who holds the power of death, the devil, as stated in Hebrews 2:14. Through this, believers are freed from fear and assured of eternal life.
“This body is perishable,” he said, referencing 1 Corinthians 15:42, “but what is raised is imperishable.” The resurrection, he added, promises a glorified body, free from weakness and decay.
In his closing remarks, Apostle Samuel Gyau Obuobi reminded Christians of their identity in Christ and the certainty of their future. Referring to 1 John 3:2, he said that although believers do not yet fully know what they will become, they are assured they will be like Christ when He appears, saying, “This is our hope, not a wish; but a certainty anchored in the resurrection.”
He concluded with a call to boldness, urging Christians to proclaim the Easter message despite attempts to silence it. “Because Christ lives,” he said, “believers have a living hope.”
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