1 Corinthians 15:54-58

For those who are saved, God reveals that our physical

death is a victorious occasion (1 Cor.15:54). The Apostle

Paul associates physical death to a sting, as in a bee

sting - not a happy occasion as we anticipate it.

However, he states that when death eventually comes

to the saved person, the sting of death is not there, and

neither is the victory of the grave (1 Cor.15:55). He

further adds that the sting of death is sin and the

strength of sin is the law of God (1 Cor.15:56), and that

the saved person’s victory over sin and death is the

Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor.15:57).

On the basis of this victory over sin and death, as saved

people, we first need to be thankful to God for

delivering us through His Son, Jesus Christ

(1 Cor.15:57). Secondly, we need to be steadfast: firm,

immovable; thirdly, we need to be unmovable: firmly

persistent; fourthly, we need to be always abounding:

continually growing in our personal lives and efforts in

the work of the Lord (1 Cor.15:58). We are further told

relative to our victory in Christ that this labor is not a

vain or worthless exercise in the Lord.

Have you found and do you have victory over death?

It is found in Jesus Christ and if you have Him, you

have victory.