Bible Study: Reading Corinthians | Why The Resurrection Matters (Especially in Grief)? | Rise in Mourning

What does the resurrection really mean… when you’re grieving?

In this episode of Rise in Mourning: Finding Jesus at the Threshing Floor, I open the Bible and sit with the words of Paul in Corinthians—words that don’t ignore grief, but speak directly into it.

As a grieving mother, I’ve wrestled with questions like:

Where is my child now? Will I see him again? Is there truly hope beyond this pain?

And this is where the resurrection changes everything.

This episode is a gentle Bible study and reflection on:

• Why the resurrection is the foundation of our faith

• What Paul’s letter to the Corinthians teaches us about eternal life

• How resurrection hope meets us in the depths of grief

• The promise that death does not have the final word

If you’re walking through loss, I pray this reminds you:

Even in mourning… we rise.

🕊️ Key Scripture:

1 Corinthians 15:12–22, 15:51–57

💛 You are not alone in your grief. There is hope beyond this life.

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Transcript

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Hi everybody, welcome back to Rise in Morning, Finding Jesus at the Threshing Floor. I'm your host, Kristen Hajjar. As I'm recording this, it is Holy Week. By the time you watch this or hear this, it won't be. But I still think that this is an important topic to discuss and to understand. So today we're going to do some Bible study on why the resurrection matters. We're going to be reading from 1 Corinthians 15 and different verses. I will pop the verses on screen for you so you can follow along. Even though it won't be holy week by the time you watch or listen to this podcast, the resurrection is everything to Christians. If Christ's uh story ended with death, so would we. So let's dive into today's Bible study. Why the resurrection matters, we're going to be reading from 1 Corinthians 15. The resurrection should matter to everyone, especially Christians and grievers. The resurrection story gives us eternal hope. Really quickly before we continue, I just want to remind you if you find this podcast helpful and you love it, please leave us a five-star review. Make sure that you're subscribed to YouTube or following on Spotify wherever you listen to your podcasts. It really helps the show out. And if you leave a positive review, it helps others see the show as well. So please do so. It's so important. And you can find me anywhere at Rise in Morning for community tips and encouragement. Thanks. So I'm going to be reading from my She Reads Truth Bible and specifically the devotionals section and then into scripture as well. So in 1 Corinthians 15, Paul delivers the most thorough discussion of the resurrection in the entire Bible. Baptism declares that we as Christians are buried with Christ and then raised to walk in newness of life. But what if the story had stopped at the cross? What then? So Paul needed to address the resurrection so extensively because the church in Corinth was confused about its validity and purpose. This confusion manifested in the practice of baptizing the dead. Baptism was intended to paint a picture of new life in Christ. But that picture was blurred by a misunderstanding of why Christ was raised. So why does the resurrection matter anyway? Paul cut to the chase explaining it this way: if the resurrection didn't happen or doesn't matter, you and I are back to square one. You see, we didn't only need Jesus to pay for the penalty of sin, we needed him to conquer the consequences of sin, which is death. Before Christ, we were all dead in our trespasses and sins. Christ paid the price to forgive our sins and remove the punishment. So the last enemy to be abolished is death. If Christ's story ended in death, so would ours. If Christ had not been raised, our faith would be useless and our stories tragic. But friends, he was raised. Throughout scripture, there are devotionals like this that help break down and explain what is happening. So I love these uh devotionals because of that. It helps me understand a little bit more if I'm not using my app to do Bible study. So I want to read 1 Corinthians 1554. It says, When this corruptible body is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place. Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where death is your sting, but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord's work, because you know that our labor in the Lord is not in vain. Now the resurrection is hope. The resurrection is the ultimate sacrifice, the ultimate act of love. In just these couple of verses that I read, death has been swallowed up in victory. That's because of Jesus. Where death is your victory, there isn't one because Christ paid the penalty for us. Where death is your sting, there isn't one because Christ paid the penalty for us. Once our flesh dies, we will live in spirit, we will be changed, we will be incorruptible, we will be immortal, we will be made new. So the resurrection and holy week, Easter Sunday, is not about bunnies and candy and egg hunting and all of that stuff. Yes, it's cute, it's fun for the kids, but that is not what Easter is about. So I wanted to shed light on this holy week why the resurrection matters. It is everything. If Christ had not been raised, our faith is worthless. You are still in your sins. That's 1 Corinthians 15, 17. We're worthless without Jesus. We would still be covered in sin, and we would be swallowed up in death, in darkness. So thank you, Lord, for your sacrifice. Thank you, Lord, for loving us, for saving us, that death will be no more, that you will wipe away every tear. What you sow does not come to life until it dies, and we will be made new. This passage really hits home for me and is really important for me as I grieve my son because when he died, obviously it was is and was immense pain, immense struggle. It was horrific. But because Christ paid the price to forgive our sins and remove the punishment, death does not have the last word. My son is fully living in Christ with Christ. And so will we if we put our faith in Jesus. Our story won't be over and it will not end in death either. So thank you, God, who gives the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us reflect why Holy Week is so important to us Christians. We should be thinking and living more Christ-like. We should have discernment. We should learn how to surrender our problems, our mind, our thoughts, our hearts, our bodies, everything to Jesus. Because when we do do that and we remind ourselves to do that, that is when he moves. And that is when you realize things are happening in your life sometimes very quickly. So we thank you, Jesus, for your ultimate sacrifice. And I hope that you learned something today. I hope that this devotional and scripture cleared that up for you in this little Bible study that we had today. Just remember that our suffering matters here, right now, in this moment, and it is being used. And because Jesus died and was buried to pay the penalty for our sin, he rose again in victory. So we have the victory, guys, not death. So this matters so much for a griever. This is not the end. Death is not the end. We will have the victory in the end. So take that to heart, and I hope that that gives you hope today. And um, happy Holy Week, happy Easter, and I will see you next week for a new episode. Thank you for listening or watching today. Remember to like, comment, and subscribe because even in morning, we rise.