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June 22
O DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING?

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 15:55-57 “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.  But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

    Death is an inevitable thing!  We live and we die and there’s no getting around it.  Unless the rapture of the church takes place and takes us out that way, we will all die.  Not a pleasant thought for most people though.  Probably one of the most dreaded things I know.  Death comes suddenly and it comes surely!  Death is no respecter of persons.  It comes to the young, the middle aged, the old, the healthy, the sickly, the rich and the poor.  
    Paul is writing here to encourage us that the stinger of death has been removed! The sting of death is sin and because of what Jesus did at Calvary, we can have victory over sin.  The writer of the song, “I’ll Fly Away” showed us that this is a song to be sung by believers when he said in the chorus, “When I die, hallelujah, by and by, I’ll fly away.”  Only those who truly have the victory through the Lord Jesus Christ can say that or sing that!  
     "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death" (1 Cor. 15:26).
    "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away" (Rev. 21:4).
     Because of Calvary and His precious blood that was shed there, Jesus gives us victory over the sting of death.  There on the cross, Jesus removed that stinger.  As the songwriter of old said, He took the sting of death away!  Another song recorded these words, “death ain’t no big deal”.  If that’s not victory, I don’t know what is!  One day friend, we’re all going to die!  Do you know where you are going if you were to die today?  Don’t be afraid to trust Him right now!