Is my life to be Pitied?

The Apostle Paul writes in I Cor. 15:19 "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable"

If you are familiar with this text then you know that I Cor. 15 is hailed by many as the greatest discourse on the doctrine of "The Resurrection" in all of scripture.

In the text above Paul is saying that if the resurrection of Christ did not happen, and in this life your only hope is Christ, then you are to be pitied.

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Why would I be pitied? Why would you be pitied? Why does Paul draw the conclusion that if there is no resurrection then Christians are to be most pitied?
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"Because in this life they had lost everything!"
Matt 10:39 "He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it."
Paul was saying, If there was no resurrection it would be of unspeakable consequence that we would still be in our sins, we would not be reunited with loved ones, and most of all we would not be with our God and Savior.
But there is an added misery to the Christian if there is no resurrection in that he not only would miss eternal life, but he wasted this one as well. (Read I Cor. 15:30-32 for additional note)

My question to you today is: Would this be true of many Christians today?

If there were no resurrection (speaking hypothetically as did Paul), would most "Christians" lives today be described as... "to be pitied" because they lost their lives for the sake of Christ and the gospel? Would they be considered by many the "most pitiable" because they were not lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God (2 tim. 3:2); they did not love the world and the things of the world (I Jn 2:15); they laid down their lives and took up the cross daily(Mt. 16:24); they loved the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength,(Mt. 22:37); and were stedfast, unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord? (I Cor. 15:58)
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Would most "Christians" lives be described as "not too bad". Hypothetically, If it didn't work out in the end, they didn't miss out on anything, they pretty much lived like everyone else. Nothing lost.

If this is true, I believe this is an indictment against Christianity.
Paul expresses that the natural conclusion for a Christian is that they were to be most pitied because of the Heavenly minded, God Centered, Christ centered, Gospel centered, self-sacrificing, others serving, life that they would live.

Consider: If there were no resurrection, would my life be pitied? What about yours?

In conclusion, Paul goes on to say, "But now Christ is risen", and we know there is a resurrection, and there is forgiveness for sins, and the hope of reunion, and glorified bodies, and the eternal presence of the Lord!
But what about our lives here? What about our window of preparation for eternity?

Luke 12:16-21
"The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.17 And he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?'18 So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.19 And I will say to my soul,"Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?'
21 "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
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May we all live in the light of the resurrection and the eternal and be found rich toward God on that Day.