Page 58 - Easter

Think about that. Everything is vain as

far as we're concerned if Christ did not rise.

We're wasting our time here this morning.

My preaching is vain, our faith is vain;

assembling together here this morning is

vain if Christ did not rise from the dead. So

our Christian faith is based upon the death,

burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus

Christ. It doesn't matter how good we live.

The Bible says we're born in sin. The Bible

says we come from our mother's womb that

way. The Bible says we've broken all God's

commandments — “all have sinned, and

come short of the glory of God” (Romans

3:23). We can change our lives, try to reform

our lives, but if there is no resurrection to

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