Christ –
Your rising from the dead birthes our resurrection.
How can we then say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If we are not resurrected, then You have not been raised. If you are not raised, then we are not resurrected.
Our hope in You extends beyond this life. Our hope in Your rising makes our faith fruitful and removes us from sin. Our hope in resurrection creates a productive faith.
Forgive us when we proclaim our hope in vain. Forgive us when we misrepresent You in our proclamations.
For Your rising and our resurrection is real.
Amen.