Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared…
…Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
(ESV)
This is our Hope, this is our Joy
Because He lives so shall we;
Today, Tomorrow, Forever
through endless ages of Eternity…
Blessings to you dear brother!
Susan
AMEN, Susan!!
What is so awesome to me is that the thing that makes our faith ‘good’ (or not ‘futile’) is simply the fact that Jesus Christ rose from the grave!!!
In other words, the only thing that makes our faith ‘good’ is because we believe the TRUTH!!
Hallelujah!
Jesus is Lord!!!!!!
Have a wonderful day in Christ!
Greetings. Indeed we serve a risen Savior who has gone to prepare a place for us and will return to gather us unto himself. I look forward to that day. Very encouraging post. Thanks.
have a blessed day in Jesus.
timbob