1 Corinthians 15:15-19
15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
If there is no resurrection of Christ, there is none for us either, and we are liars when speaking of the gospel. If there is no new life from spiritual and physical death for us, it is because Christ did not rise to life. This would leave us dead in sin, without hope or faith for the present nor eternity. All who died before are simply gone and we are quite pitiful in everyone’s eyes... but there is infinite hope in the risen one who died, even as those around that cross looked up at Him and then looked down in sorrow as they thought the kingdom Jesus spoke of had died along with Himself. It was a dark day, but ultimately a good one, for He died in our stead to cancel our sin debt as He took the responsibility for it on Himself.
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