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Easter Sunday
Isaiah 53:11-12
1 Corinthians 15:58
This message will show the connection between 1 Corinthians 15.58 and what precedes.  Verse 58 is a conclusion based on the premises argued before.  Some of those premises are:
• Jesus rose, literally/physically/concretely from the grave
• The resurrection of Jesus is God's proclamation that Jesus' death on the cross accomplished redemption
• Those who are "in Christ" will also rise literally/physically/concretely from the grave
THEREFORE … keep an eternal perspective on the present … live in the present with an unshakable assurance of the resurrection.  That is, "Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain" though it may seem so at times because you so often don't see the fruit of your labor.