Victory Through Our Lord Jesus Christ
Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We
will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of
an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be
raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this
perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on
immortality. When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this
mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death,
is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The
sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast,
immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in
the Lord your labor is not in vain.
The specter of death is faced by every
human being. Yet, whether we face that reality with fear or with confidence is
not dependent on having a good outlook or a positive
attitude. The way we face death depends completely on whether or not we have a
personal relationship with Jesus, who gave Himself to die so that death itself
could be abolished.
We can live
confidently and filled with hope,
because Jesus
conquered death.
Because Jesus
is alive, we need not fear death.
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