The morning text is from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 15, I invite you to turn

with me and follow as it is read.

1st Corinthians 1512 through 28.

Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead,

how can you, some of you say that there is no resurrection from the dead?

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised.

If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even

found to be misrepresenting God because we testified that God he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true

that the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised, your

faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first

fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

But each in his own order, Christ the first fruits.

Then it is coming all those who belong to Christ.

Then comes the end when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and

every authority and every power.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet, the last enemy to be destroyed is death.

For God has put all things in subjection under his feet.

But when it says all things are put in subjection under him, it is plain that he is accepted

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