2022-02-13 — Has It All Been A Waste? If Ends With The Resurrected Christ

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Church Year: Epiphany 6:
Date: February 13, 2022

Theme: Has It All Been A Waste? If Ends With The Resurrected Christ

– 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

– Pastor: John Hein

The Order of Worship: Bulletin

Liturgy: WS, p. 12 ff.

Hymns:

TLH 375 : If Thy Beloved Son, O God Hymnary.org link
TLH 206 st. 1-5,9-10: Jesus Christ My Sure Defense Hymnary.org link
TLH 188 : Hallelujah! Jesus Lives Hymnary.org link
TLH 51 : Now May He Who from the Dead Hymnary.org link

Scripture Readings:

Jeremiah 17:5-8 Luke 6:17-26

Theme: Has It All Been A Waste? If Ends With The Resurrected Christ

1 Corinthians 15:12–20 (Listen)

The Resurrection of the Dead

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 hope1 in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Footnotes

[1] 15:19 Or we have hoped

(ESV)