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VICTORY in death!

1 Correnthians 15:54-56
"54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law."

GOD will help you through the trials and tribulations of life and BEYOND!!! When our Lord and Savior RAISES us up to our new life we will be even better. INCORRUPTIBLE and IMMORTAL! We need the message of Ash Wednesday; "...for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." We need to hear this message. There are ALL kinds of ways to go; heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, accidents, violence and too many more. We can't wish it away. We have to come to grips with it. Look the bad news in the eyes. It's all too real. We will be changed on that day. It's a mystery to us now. One day it will be clear. Jesus is the Great Physician. He helps us CROSSOVER to the other side. 

"So when this corruptible shall have put on INCORRUPTION, and this mortal shall have put on IMMORTALITY, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in VICTORY. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is SIN; and the strength of sin is the LAW."

Law and Gospel; the Law convicts us and the Gospel saves us; Jesus Never Fails. We have a lot to LOVE in this life. We hold it tightly and will one day have to let it go. We will be reborn in heaven. Through the channel we call death we will arrive in our New life. Once there, we will never want to go back. 
Pick out your pallbearers. 
Your days are numbered. 

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