Pathetic Faith...

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
(1 Corinthians 15:12-19 ESV)
What difference does the Resurrection of Christ make?  Hopefully that question has not been cleared out of our hearts and minds like clearance Easter candy at the store.  Paul attacks that question by all sorts of questions about the opposite: What if Christ has not risen from the dead? If not, all of us who preach He is are liars and crooks.  If He is not, any faith in anything Christ did ( like forgiving sin) is a pipe dream.  If He did not rise, all those precious grandparents who died believing He did, are just that: dead.  If we have no hope of life to come, this life ends up being pretty pathetic also.  He is risen; yes, He is risen indeed, and it makes all the difference today and for eternity.