“Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of 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, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. . . . And why are we putting ourselves in danger every hour? . . . Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.” (NRSV)
My Redeemer Lives by Eugene Greco
My Redeemer lives and I will see His gloryAs He works all things together for my good
Whatever things occur, of this I can be sure,
I know my Redeemer lives
Even though I walk through the valley
I will fear no evil, He is with me
And on the battlefield, although the pain is real
My struggles soon will fade as His glory is revealed
My Redeemer lives and I will see His glory
As He works all things together for my good
Whatever things occur, of this I can be sure,
I know my Redeemer lives
I wish a blessed resurrection day to everyone!
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