not the end

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:56-57

No more is death the stinging foe. No more does the Law only point to my failure and deserved punishment. Jesus has changed all that! Praise the Lord!

Yes, mortality is still our limitation in the sense that our bodies do indeed wear down and die. But this is not the end that it once was. Jesus died and rose again so that we might have the wages of sin paid in His death, not ours. And we live again in His resurrection! That is the great good news of the gospel. Death isn’t the end or the master of our future. Jesus is the Master and our eternal Savior. That is the victory! Praise the Lord!

Even as difficult as life may get, or as brutal as mortality can get as it takes a toll on our bodies or looms in our imaginations, Jesus has it all under control. By faith, Christians trust this and have a confidence that is impossible to find anywhere else. By faith we trust that death has no more sting. By faith, the Law has no more condemnation. By faith we have victory in our Lord Jesus Christ! Praise the Lord!