Hallelujah - He is Risen!

On  the first day of the week,  very early in the morning, they  came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. They went in but did not find the body  of the Lord Jesus.  While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling  clothes. So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.

“Why are you looking for the living among the dead? ” asked the men. “He is not here, but he has risen!  Remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee,  saying, ‘It is necessary that the Son of Man be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day’? ” And they remembered his words.

Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven  and to all the rest. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles  these things. But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe  the women. Peter,  however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths.  So he went away, amazed at what had happened.

Luke 24:1-12 CSB

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

1 Corinthians 15:17 CSB

But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits  of those who have fallen asleep. For since death  came through a man,  the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.  For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 

1 Corinthians 15:20-22 CSB

Where, death, is your victory?

Where, death, is your sting?   The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin  is the law.  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory  through our Lord Jesus Christ!

1 Corinthians 15:55-57

and was appointed to be the powerful  Son of God  according to the Spirit of holiness  by the resurrection of the dead.

Romans 1:4 CSB

If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”  and believe in your heart  that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:9 CSB

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus

Romans 8:1 CSB

Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death,  in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead  by the glory of the Father,  so we too may walk in newness  of life.

Romans 6:4 CSB

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 CSB