Question 45

What does the “resurrection” of Christ profit us?

First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, that he might make us partakers of that righteousness which he had purchased for us by his death;¹³⁹¹³⁹    1 Cor. 15:16; Rom. 4:25; 1 Pet. 1:3 . secondly, we are also by his power raised up to a new life;¹⁴⁰¹⁴⁰    Rom. 6:4; Col. 3:1, 3; Eph. 2:5, 6 . and lastly, the resurrection of Christ is a sure pledge of our blessed resurrection.¹⁴¹¹⁴¹    1 Cor. 15:12, 20, 21; Rom. 8:11.