November 11, 2026 - 1 Corinthians 15-16

What an ending to his epistle!  “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you . . . I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures” (15:1-4) & “If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.  But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead” (15:10-20) & “Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven” (15:49) & “For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.  For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality” (15:52-53) & “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” (15:56-57).  What hope is ours!

Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia!

to his throne beyond the skies. Alleluia!

Christ, the Lamb for sinners given, Alleluia!

enters now the highest heaven. Alleluia!

There for him high triumph waits; Alleluia!

lift your heads, eternal gates. Alleluia!

He has conquered death and sin; Alleluia!

take the King of glory in. Alleluia!   -- Charles Wesley (1739)