Hi Charlemagne,

1 Corinthians 15.18, is Paul's answer to something hypothetical and not real, "If Christ be not raised, your faith is in vain, ye are yet in your sins"

But, of course, we know that Christ has been raised.

As for the benefits of that resurrection which do indeed attend believers, here are some:

Romans 4:25. Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

The fact of His resurrection is the believer's hope of eternal life. By raising Christ from the dead, God was validating Christ's death as effective to procure the salvation of His elect. God had accepted Christ's payment of His life for our transgressions. By Christ's death guilty sinners are declared righteous and are thereby justified in God's sight. The just was given for the unjust, and those that believe are forever delivered from the condemnation of sin.

Ephesians 2:6: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Having been justified in Christ, the believer is as good as saved. Though he has a life of trials and testing to endure, if he truly is in Christ, then his soul is in such a good condition as that is good as being saved at last, as good as being raised with Christ at last.

This is the result of Christ being raised from the dead. All the elect are as good as saved. Eternal life is their portion, guaranteed! Hallelujah!

Christ is lovely, Christ is very lovely, Christ is most lovely, Christ is always lovely, Christ is altogether lovely. --Thomas Brooks