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As we get closer to the end of this letter to the church at Corinth, it seems that Paul has saved one of the most important corrections for the last. There was a debate in the church regarding whether or not there is a resurrection from the dead.

This is such so important that Paul takes a large section of this letter to prove the point. The resurrection is the foundation of all that we believe; it is the foundation of our hope. Without the resurrection, Paul will say to them, we have no hope. In fact, without the resurrection, our faith is worthless and we are still in our sins.

We gather for worship on the first day of the week as a commemoration of the resurrection. In Russia, the first day of the week is called, “The day of the resurrection.” It should be called the day of the resurrection because all life comes from God and all new life comes from the resurrection of Jesus from the grave.

It’s interesting that Islam teaches that not only was Jesus not resurrected, he was never crucified! They believe that God took Jesus up and allowed someone else to die in his place. This is exactly the opposite of the Christian faith that declares that Christ died on the cross in our place.

To Paul this is of first importance. To be wrong on this is to miss the whole point of the gospel!! The resurrection is the key to God’s plan of the ages and His plan for our lives. If Christ is not raised from the dead, we have no hope. But because Christ is raised from the dead we have hope in this life and for eternity.

How about you, do you have hope? What do you put your hope in? In technology? That’s always changing. In the stock market? In the new deal with Iran? In the amazing strength of the United States economy? Even EF Hutton wouldn’t advise that. In politicians? If you put your hope in politicians to solve our problems, you will be sorely disappointed.

If you have no hope, you have nothing. If you have lost hope, you have lost everything. Have you lost hope? There is a growing sense of hopelessness in many young people today. Sometimes devastating things happen in life that cause people to lose hope. Finances blow up and you can’t pay the bills, someone close to you dies and it’s impossible to understand why, your marriage is in shambles and you don’t know what to do, or your health tragically turns for the worse. It shows how important it is to have hope.

The resurrection is about newness of life and the hope that God gives in this life and for eternity. He ignites our soul and fills our lives with purpose and transforms us by His presence in our lives.

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