Our culture faces an uncomfortable truth. In the words of Mark Manson, an atheist author, "One day, you and everyone you love will die. And beyond a small group of people for an extremely brief period of time, little of what you say or do will ever matter. This is the Uncomfortable Truth of life. And everything you think or do is but an elaborate avoidance of it [ . . . ] We are inconsequential cosmic dust, bumping and milling about on a tiny blue speck. We imagine our own importance. We invent our purpose—we are nothing." Although this is an uncomfortable and depressing statement, it would be our reality IF the resurrection of Jesus were not true. The Apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15 that our faith would be futile and that we would still be condemned in our sins if Jesus was not raised to life again. BUT "in fact Christ has been raised from the dead." Rejoice in this unexpected hope. Rejoice in the resurrection hope; this living hope! Our souls need to hear this message every day. We need to have the resurrection of Jesus be our receipt when the accuser tries to accuse us of our sins. Our debt is paid in full by Jesus Christ. We are no longer condemned. We are counted righteous because of the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the gospel, and this hope is the message that we proclaim.