Christ's redemption truly comes alive through His resurrection. Because Jesus died and God raised Him from the dead, we can experience a life of freedom today. Think about it: Jesus chose to die for you, knowing you're imperfect, so your sins could be forgiven through His blood. That's real love.
When you hear "resurrection," let it remind you of Jesus' sacrifice. Take a moment to reflect on what He did and be truly thankful in your heart for His grace. Remembering His suffering helps you appreciate everything He's done for you and understand how He can transform you from the inside out.
Through the power of His resurrection, everything is made new. The sick find healing, the oppressed find freedom, marriages are restored, and our spirits are revived in the name above all names: Jesus of Nazareth. Just as God raised Him up, He will raise us up too (1 Corinthians 6:14).
But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.For since by man {\i came} death, by man {\i came} also the resurrection of the dead.For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where they laid him!
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Blessed {\i be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who hath been crucified.He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
he foreseeing {\i this} spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that {\b neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.}This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses.
For since by man {\i came} death, by man {\i came} also the resurrection of the dead.
Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;
For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, {\i that it may be} conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.\par
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him the thousand years.\par
For if we have become united with {\i him} in the likeness of his death, we shall be also {\i in the likeness} of his resurrection;
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.\par
And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
how that the Christ must suffer, {\i and} how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.\par
knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.
Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.\par
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
When Christ, {\i who is} your life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.\par
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.
Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles,\par\tab Wilt quicken us again,\par\tab And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus {\i as} Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:
Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.\par
Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, {\i even} our Lord Jesus,make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom {\i be} the glory for ever and ever. Amen.\par
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.
Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is {\i as} the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.\par
For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol;\par\tab Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.
And with great power gave the apostles their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, {\b Death is swallowed up in victory.}{\b O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?}
but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol;\par\tab For he will receive me. {\i Selah
He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.\par
And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,{\b I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob}? God is not {\i the God} of the dead, but of the living.}
and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.\par
Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
and he said unto them, {\cf6 Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;
that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.\par
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that {\i life} which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, {\i the faith} which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
What man is he that shall live and not see death,\par\tab That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {\i Selah
And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.}\par
For to this end Christ died and lived {\i again}, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
which also after a true likeness doth now save you, {\i even} baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
to whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.\par
{\b DALETH.}\par\par\tab My soul cleaveth unto the dust:\par\tab Quicken thou me according to thy word.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
And go quickly, and tell his disciples, He is risen from the dead; and lo, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Jehovah will keep thee from all evil;\par\tab He will keep thy soul.Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in\par\tab From this time forth and for evermore.
that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.
and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.\par
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.}\par
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright;\par\tab For there is a {\i happy} end to the man of peace.
Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised:and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, {\b Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree}:that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.\par
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?\par\tab And the son of man, that thou visitest him?For thou hast made him but little lower than God,\par\tab And crownest him with glory and honor.
and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: for the first things are passed away.
who was declared {\i to be} the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; {\i even} Jesus Christ our Lord,
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,\par\tab When the glory of his house is increased:For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;\par\tab His glory shall not descend after him.
unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening {\i of the prison} to them that are bound;
For thou hast delivered my soul from death:\par\tab {\i Hast thou} not {\i delivered} my feet from falling,\par\tab That I may walk before God\par\tab In the light of the living?\par
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
{\b A Psalm of Asaph.}\par\par\tab Surely God is good to Israel,\par\tab {\i Even} to such as are pure in heart.
But when Jesus heard it, he said, {\cf6 This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.}
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, {\i even} to them that are called according to {\i his} purpose.
Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.
Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;that in the name of Jesus {\b every knee should bow,} of {\i things} in heaven and {\i things} on earth and {\i things} under the earth,and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.\par
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.\par
In the way of righteousness is life;\par\tab And in the pathway thereof there is no death.\par
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, {\i which is} your spiritual service.And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.\par
Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.\par
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth,\par\tab And at last he will stand up upon the earth:And after my skin, {\i even} this {\i body}, is destroyed,\par\tab Then without my flesh shall I see God;
Jesus said unto her, {\cf6 I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?}