1 Corinthians 15:1-28
What's the old saying? There are only 2 things certain in life--death and taxes. Death is a common denominator to us all. It is coming but we don't want to think about it. For most it is a dread champion that we refuse to allow to come to mind. For, if we do, the thoughts and feelings, for those who have no hope, can be overpowering.
The glory of Jesus is that He has defeated death. He just hasn't awarded the final effect of his victory in us yet. History is the struggle of men to achieve immortality by gaining power and using that power to build something that will make them immortal. Their building might be a pyramid, a palace, a garden, a legacy, a lineage, a kingdom, a nation, a family or something that will outlast them. Jesus died so that He could gain a kingdom. It is a kingdom of subjects who also have died, are dying and will die. But He raises them. He raises us and makes us into a kingdom. He shall reign, not to become immortal but because He is immortal. Then He will deliver us to the Father and then destroy death. He is life itself! In His presence death cannot survive! Indeed we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor John
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