A PROMISED VICTORY

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true:

"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! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:54-57

This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Life is full of ups and downs, joys and sorrows, successes and failures, times of good health and times of affliction.

Indeed, every person’s life could be viewed as a story that has a definitive beginning and end. Early on, we aren’t even able to start writing our book of life. We are young and unable to do much until we develop and learn. Even when we can at least process our thoughts, we don’t hold the ability to jot them down because we haven’t yet learned to write. And even when we start learning, it takes some time before compositions can be composed that read well.

After we finally become adept at putting pen to paper or type words into a document using our tablet or computer, we begin to learn to express ourselves through the written word and often, this is in the form of a journal or diary or maybe even a blog. For those who like to package their words in small delivery bites, we have Twitter and Facebook at our disposal.

Given this, what does your life story look like?

If we really commit to being honest and transparent about telling our story, I think we would see that no two stories are identical. Like snowflakes, they take on their own special qualities when compared against others. And while we can write our current and past circumstances, there is the matter of the future, of what lies ahead.

No one knows what that looks like except God who told us that He knows the plans He has for us, plans for us to prosper and have hope for a future (Jeremiah 29:11). In regard to the latter, God made good on His promise in a big way and He did so through His one and only Son Jesus.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

In other words, those who place their belief in Jesus as Savior automatically have the final chapter of their life written with an ending grounded in a promised victory.

What victory do we gain?

We turn to today’s passage from 1 Corinthians 15 for the answer:

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true:

"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! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  1 Corinthians 15:54-57

When Jesus, the One who first gained conquest over death and the grave, returns. He will call all Christians to Him, those who are dead in Christ first followed by those who are alive in Him. The dead and alive in Christ will rise to meet Him in the air to form a glorious congregation ready to move onto eternal life within the new heaven and earth that will emerge.

At that moment, “when the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality”, then and only then will death be swallowed up in victory and its sting removed forever.

Friends, for those who are Jesus believers, victory awaits no matter what happens in life and we like Paul should proclaim:

“Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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