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This sermon was preached by Tim Simmonds at the Fallowfield site of Christ Church Manchester on Sunday 17th April 2022.

BIBLE VERSES

This sermon was based on 1 Corinthians 15:50-58.

Mystery and Victory

50I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

55 “O death, where is your victory?

O death, where is your sting?”

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

KEY POINTS

Death Stings

• Paul points to bodily resurrection.
• Living with the sting of death.
• Needing something radical to turn over evil in the world.

Jesus Wins

• Jesus defeats death and sin.
• Crucifixion, strong killing the weak.
• Jesus beats death.
• Making it individualistic.
• The enemy is defeated.

We Can Live Now

• The mystery of Easter Sunday.
• Being steadfast, immovable.
• Abounding in the work of the Lord, always. Knowing about labour not being in vain through the Lord.

Further Resource(s)

• John 6:40
• Book: The Crucifixion by Fleming Rutledge

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