Death, Where is Your Sting?
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A little boy and his father were driving down a country road on a beautiful spring afternoon. Suddenly out of nowhere a bumblebee flew in the car window. Since the little boy was deathly allergic to bee stings he became petrified. His father quickly reached out, grabbed the bee, squeezed it in his hand, and then released it. But as soon as he let it go, the young son became frantic once again as it buzzed by the little boy.
The father sensed his son’s terror. Once again he reached out his hand, but this time he pointed to this hand. There, stuck in his skin was the stinger of the bee. “You see this?” he asked. “You don’t need to be afraid anymore. I’ve taken the sting for you.”
The Christian does not need to be afraid of death because Christ has taken the sting out of death and sin.
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
Sermon Title:
Death Where is Thy Sting
Covid
Covid
With Covid
death central discussion.
Covid reminding us
broken world.
World ruled by
death & separation.
Many of you
experienced
searing loss
covid
something else.
Expected
elderly parents
hospice
Unexpected
covid
heart attack
something else.
Separation and grief
universal in
broken planet.
Satan
rogue
theif
self-appointed prince
Jesus calls him:
“Ruler of this World”
(John 14:30)
3 times
Paul calls him:
“Prince of the Power of the Air”
(Ephesians 2:2)
and
“Ruler of the Darkness”
(Ephesians 6:12)
Yes,
we are living
under the rule
of a tyrant
Yea,
a being of
treachery.
sedition.
betrayal.
But I have good news!!!
Christians know
end of story!
The reign of terror
will end!
Let’s go to the very end.
Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Death is personified.
Hades = the grave.
Death dies
Death killed
Death done away with.
I have good news.
the thief
death
the grave
caught and punished!
That which cause
separation
utter grief
deepest pain
put to rest.
We serve a good and awesome God.
But I’m getting ahead now.
Retelling
history of death.
Back to beginning
Adam
Adam
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Adam did no
understand death.
Able
Able
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
First human death
Cain understand???
irrevocable
separation
Rest of OT
bloody mess
Exodus
Joshua conquest
Evil Kings
Murder Prophets
Finally Good News
Cross
Cross
Able first death?
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Able first?
no
Jesus
planned
died on credit
First Adam / Second Adam
First Adam / Second Adam
Long history
brokenness
Solution
Christ
For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.
Second Death
Second Death
Many are confused
1st death
2nd death
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Jesus died
2nd death
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Perish vs Eternal Life
Second Death
Eternal Life
Passion of Christ
physical pain.
“But it was not the spear thrust, it was not the pain of the cross, that caused the death of Jesus. That cry, uttered “with a loud voice” (Matthew 27:50; Luke 23:46), at the moment of death, the stream of blood and water that flowed from His side, declared that He died of a broken heart. His heart was broken by mental anguish. He was slain by the sin of the world.” - Desire of Ages 772
Fear
Fear
For the life of me,
(no pun intended)
Can’t figure out,
why people so
scared of
1st death???
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
It’s okay to grieve
especially if there is question about their relationship with Christ.
It’s not okay to fear.
Fear is for
Unbelievers.
Unbelievers should fear.
They have no hope.
A few days before his death, Dr. F. B. Meyer wrote a very dear friend these words: "I have just heard, to my great surprise, that I have but a few days to live. It may be that before this reaches you, I shall have entered the palace. Don't trouble to write. We shall meet in the morning."
Next sermon:
Blessed Hope
Blessed Hope
For Christian,
Simply door
eternal life.
Short Pause
Short Pause
Bible is clear.
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in 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. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When 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.”
Finally back
where we started.
Death’s Death
Death’s Death
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
No Fear
1st death
= rest
2nd death
= death of death
In Valladolid, Spain, where Christopher Columbus died in 1506, stands a monument commemorating the great discoverer. Perhaps the most interesting feature of the memorial is a statue of a lion destroying one of the Latin words that had been part of Spain's motto for centuries. Before Columbus made his voyages, the Spaniards thought they had reached the outer limits of earth. Thus their motto was "Ne Plus Ultra," which means "No More Beyond." The word being torn away by the lion is "Ne" or "no," making it read "Plus Ultra." Columbus had proven that there was indeed "more beyond."
Jesus turned
death,
worst curse
into good news!
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