Acts 13:28-33

Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.  When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.  But God raised him from the dead,  and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.  And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,  that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’

In John 17:13-19 Jesus prays, “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world any more than I do. Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.” Jesus freely gave His life so that we could be made holy. It is only through His resurrection that we have hope. There is no greater hope than Christ.