The Importance of Resurrection

Your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you,
which you received
and on which you have taken your stand.

By this gospel you are saved,
if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you.
Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,
how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

If there is no resurrection of the dead,
then not even Christ has been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised,
our preaching is useless
and so is your faith.

More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God,
for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.
But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised,
then Christ has not been raised either.

And if Christ has not been raised,
your faith is futile;
you are still in your sins.

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.

If only for this life we have hope in Christ,
we are to be pitied more than all men.

Do not be misled: "BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD CHARACTER."

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning;
for there are some who are ignorant of God --
I say this to your shame.

I declare to you, brothers,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,
nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Listen, I tell you a mystery:
We will not all sleep,
but we will all be changed --

in a flash,
in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound,
the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we will be changed.

For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable,
and the mortal with immortality.

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable,
and the mortal with immortality,
then the saying that is written will come true:
"Death has been swallowed up in victory."

"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"

The sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm.
Let nothing move you.
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,
because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

(1 Corinthians 15:1-2, 12-19, 33-34, 50-58;
All scripture taken from New International Version.)

Are YOU prepared for the Resurrection?


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