This week I am doing my best to focus on the glory of Easter, to rehearse the familiar story of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ in my heart and mind, so that I might somehow celebrate in a fresh way this Sunday morning.
All four of the Gospels provide accounts of the Easter story, but that part of me that needs the practical application of it all is drawn again and again to I Corinthians 15 where Paul outlines the significance of the resurrection for us who believe.
Either it's all true, he says, or we are above all to be pitied. He leaves us no middle ground. I find it beneficial to wrestle with this every so often.
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.
These verses are just a snippet from the middle. Check out the entire passage for yourself. I Corinthians 15.
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