Victory Over Death
March 25, 2016
I Corinthians 15:54-55, 57 “…Death has been swallowed up in victory. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”… But thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
There is no greater victory story than the story of Easter morning. Jesus conquered death. I love the phrase that ‘. . .death has been swallowed up in victory.’ Isn’t that cool? Easter doesn’t say that people don’t die. It does not deny the reality of death. We all know that people die. We will die. Death is inescapable. Death has a mean grab. There is no mistaking that. Death snatches our senior citizens, destroys people in their prime, and sometimes it grabs our children. Death is a bully. It has a mean grab. But Easter sends a message to death. While it may have a mean grab, it has a weak grip. It cannot hold what it grabs. Jesus conquered death. He was victorious over the grave. Death could cruelly come on a cross, but it could not hold Him down. When our lives are connected to Jesus Christ, we get that victory, too. He gives us the victory through Christ. Death can’t hold us. We get life. We get heaven, and we get forever with God and those we love. Don’t waste Easter. Invite Jesus Christ to be the Savior of your life, and you will be able to say, “Thanks be to God. He gives me the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
– Tim Thompson, Senior Pastor
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
There is no greater victory story than the story of Easter morning. Jesus conquered death. I love the phrase that ‘. . .death has been swallowed up in victory.’ Isn’t that cool? Easter doesn’t say that people don’t die. It does not deny the reality of death. We all know that people die. We will die. Death is inescapable. Death has a mean grab. There is no mistaking that. Death snatches our senior citizens, destroys people in their prime, and sometimes it grabs our children. Death is a bully. It has a mean grab. But Easter sends a message to death. While it may have a mean grab, it has a weak grip. It cannot hold what it grabs. Jesus conquered death. He was victorious over the grave. Death could cruelly come on a cross, but it could not hold Him down. When our lives are connected to Jesus Christ, we get that victory, too. He gives us the victory through Christ. Death can’t hold us. We get life. We get heaven, and we get forever with God and those we love. Don’t waste Easter. Invite Jesus Christ to be the Savior of your life, and you will be able to say, “Thanks be to God. He gives me the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
– Tim Thompson, Senior Pastor