"He is not here, He is risen!" These words are recorded in Matthew 28:5-6; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5-6. Why are they so crucial to our faith, our hope, our future? It is because if Jesus had not risen, we would be without hope, still lost in our sin, and our faith would be worthless (1 Corinthians 15:12-19). The importance of the words uttered by Angles in Romans 4:25 so many years ago changed everything!