Preparing for corporate worship

We will gather this Sunday to celebrate the resurrection. It is something we do each Sunday as Covenant Community Church, because we dwell on the gospel. At the heart of the gospel is the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Because tomorrow is Easter, our focus on Christ's resurrection will be even more pronounced. Without His resurrection, we are without hope. That is the point the apostle Paul makes in I Cor. 15:12-19. If Jesus were not raised from the dead, our "faith is worthless" and we are still in our sins, Paul writes. There is no hope for our resurrection. If Christ were not raised, what He said about Himself is not true; His sacrifice was not acceptable to His Father, the Holy Judge; He is not an all-sufficient Savior. He did rise from the dead, however, and in this we rejoice. His sacrifice was totally acceptable to God, and the resurrection was God's demonstration of its complete acceptability. For all those who place their faith in Jesus and His work, that faith will not go unrewarded. We have an unshakable confidence. We have a basis for joining together tomorrow to worship our God and His Christ.