Resurrection

We are making our way through a letter Paul wrote to Jesus followers in Corinth. Today, Paul talks about the impossible.


1 Corinthians 15
12 But tell me this - since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead? 13 For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless. 15 And we apostles would all be lying about God - for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. 16 And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. 18 In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! 19 And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world. 20 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died. 21 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. 22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.


Resurrection. There is only one thing in life that is inevitable (other than taxes). It incites fear. It dispenses sorrow. It steals hope. It is unavoidable and impossible to overcome. For us. In raising Jesus from the dead, God overcame the inevitable ... the unavoidable ... the impossible. In raising Jesus from the dead, God removed fear, renewed joy and restored hope. If God was able to do all that, imagine what God can do to help you with the other “impossible” parts of your life.