Saint Paul, in this text...
Saint Paul, in this text, talks about the way in which one individual life has been transformed by the power of the resurrection of Jesus. Paul writes," ... by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain." God's grace of new life changes us all. When we celebrate baptisms in my congregation, the hymn of choice is "We Know That Christ Is Raised." The first and last verses of this hymn tell this Easter message gloriously:
We know that Christ is raised and dies no more.
Embraced by death, he broke its fearful hold,