Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about 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, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
O, yes, Lord, without the hope of the resurrection, without the knowledge that there is new life, that I will be a new man in You, I am nothing but a bit of ephemera, flotsam and jetsam tossed about by every wind and wave of a purposeless storm. All of creation is without significance and consequence without the resurrection; entropy wins.
Today’s readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 13
Mid-day: 119:113-120
Evening: Psalm 88
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