The Third Sunday of Easter (NT)

1 Corinthians 15:12-19
12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 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. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. 2001 (1 Co 15:12–19). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

I truly pity those people who do not believe in life after death. I do pity the people who do not believe the dead will be raised. I do feel pity to those people who do not live with a certain hope in the Resurrection of the Dead. But even more so I pity those people who are indifferent to the matter.

God sent his only begotten son so that all who believe should not parish but have eternal life. God sent him to his death. God raised him from the dead and gave him new life. Death could not hold him. He is raised so that we might have life. But pity should be upon those who do not believe.

Those who do not believe will be raised to eternal death. Just as all of us are dead in our transgressions, in this same state the unbeliever will be raised. This should remind us that every little word matters. Jesus commanded his Apostles to teach them everything or all that he had commanded them. If you leave out even the least mark or stroke of a pen from these pages, you begin to misrepresent God and trample on his testimony.

Christ has died and Christ has risen. Christ will come again. He will return to raise the dead. Some will be raised to eternal death and others will be raised to eternal life. He has given us life and salvation. Christ has provided the sacrifice for the forgiveness of all our sins. Jesus gives us a certain hope of everlasting life.