The Sting is Gone“Where, O death, is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:22
The story is told about a little boy and his father who were driving down a long country road on a very beautiful day. All of a sudden out of nowhere a bumblebee flew in inside the car window.
Since the little boy was deathly allergic to bee stings, he became really frightened. The father quickly reached over, grabbed the bee, squeezed it in his hand, and then released it.
As soon as the bee started to fly away, the panic set in again for this little boy. The father saw the panic and reached out again, this time pointing to his hand. There stuck in the palm of the father’s hand was the stinger.
As soon as the bee started to fly away, the panic set in again for this little boy. The father saw the panic and reached out again, this time pointing to his hand. There stuck in the palm of the father’s hand was the stinger.
“Look, son. Do you see this? You don’t need to be afraid anymore. I’ve taken the sting for you.”
What an amazing illustration of Easter. We do not need to be afraid of death anymore. Christ faced death for us! And by His victory, we are saved from sin. Christ has taken away the sting of death! Christ has taken the stinger for you and for me! Hallelujah! What a Savior!
What an amazing illustration of Easter. We do not need to be afraid of death anymore. Christ faced death for us! And by His victory, we are saved from sin. Christ has taken away the sting of death! Christ has taken the stinger for you and for me! Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Death cannot keep His pray, Jesus, my Savior!
He tore the bars away – Jesus, my Lord!
Up from the grace He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes!
He arose a victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever with His saints to reign!
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
He tore the bars away – Jesus, my Lord!
Up from the grace He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes!
He arose a victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever with His saints to reign!
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
Rejoice today, my brothers! He is risen! He is risen indeed! – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
Compass Pointers: Evil in all its concreteness and personal reality challenged Christ and what he stood for, consummating the historic tragedy of the cross. This challenge was of the nature of an "everlasting nay" hurled at God himself. To this challenge God in Christ responded with an "everlasting yea"...making an end of sin and its power over man, and in the resurrection, triumphing. John A. Mackay
Anchored to the Rock: Prayer is not everything, but everything is by prayer. Ray Ortlund
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