\u201c<\/sup><\/strong>And\u00a0the Word\u00a0became flesh, and\u00a0dwelt among us, and\u00a0we saw His glory, glory as of\u00a0the only begotten from the Father, full of\u00a0grace and\u00a0truth.\u201d John 1:14 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cFather, the hour has come;\u00a0glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,\u00a0even as\u00a0You gave Him authority over all flesh, that\u00a0to\u00a0all whom You have given Him,\u00a0He may give eternal life.\u00a0This is eternal life, that they may know You,\u00a0the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom\u00a0You have sent.\u00a0I glorified You on the earth,\u00a0having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.\u00a0Now, Father,\u00a0glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had\u00a0with You before the world was.\u201d John 17:1-5 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cFor He was\u00a0foreknown before\u00a0the foundation of the world, but has\u00a0appeared\u00a0in these last times\u00a0for the sake of you\u00a0who through Him are\u00a0believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and\u00a0gave Him glory, so that your faith and\u00a0hope are in God.\u201d 1 Peter 1:20-21 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ\u201d Colossians 1:23 (NIV)<\/p>\n \u201c<\/sup><\/strong>For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,\u00a0he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>The death he died, he died to sin\u00a0once for all;\u00a0but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin\u00a0but alive to God in Christ Jesus.\u201d Romans 6:9-11 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cIf Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is\u00a0alive because of righteousness.\u00a0But if the Spirit of Him who\u00a0raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,\u00a0He who raised\u00a0Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies\u00a0through His Spirit who dwells in you.\u201dRomans 8:10-11<\/p>\n \u201cJesus answered them,\u00a0\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you,\u00a0everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.\u00a0The slave does not remain in the house forever;\u00a0the son does remain forever.\u00a0So if the Son\u00a0makes you free, you will be free indeed.\u201d John 8:34-36 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201c<\/sup><\/strong>Therefore we have been\u00a0buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was\u00a0raised from the dead through the\u00a0glory of the Father, so we too might walk in\u00a0newness of life.\u201d Romans 6: 4 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cFor they themselves report about us what kind of a\u00a0reception we had\u00a0with you, and how you\u00a0turned to God\u00a0from\u00a0idols to serve\u00a0a living and true God,\u00a0 and to\u00a0wait for His Son from\u00a0heaven, whom He\u00a0raised from the dead,\u00a0that is\u00a0Jesus, who\u00a0rescues us from\u00a0the wrath to come.\u201d 1 Thessalonians 1:10 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cI pray that\u00a0the eyes of your heart\u00a0may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the\u00a0hope of His\u00a0calling, what are\u00a0the riches of the glory of\u00a0His inheritance in\u00a0the\u00a0saints,\u00a0and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.\u00a0These are\u00a0in accordance with the working of the\u00a0strength of His might\u00a0which He brought about in Christ, when He\u00a0raised Him from the dead and\u00a0seated Him at His right hand in\u00a0the heavenly\u00a0places,\u00a0far above\u00a0all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every\u00a0name that is named, not only in\u00a0this age but also in the one to come.\u201d Ephesians 1:18-22 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201c<\/sup><\/strong>But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised;\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>and\u00a0if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.\u201d Romans 15:13-14 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cLord,\u201d Martha said to Jesus, \u201cif you had been here, my brother would not have died.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.\u201d<\/p>\n Jesus said to her,\u00a0\u201cYour brother will rise again.\u201d<\/p>\n Martha answered, \u201cI know he will rise again in the resurrection\u00a0at the last day.\u201d\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Jesus said to her,\u00a0\u201cI am\u00a0the resurrection and the life.\u00a0The one who believes\u00a0in me will live, even though they die;\u00a0and whoever lives by believing\u00a0in me will never die.\u00a0Do you believe this?\u201d John 11:21-26 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cFor since\u00a0by a man\u00a0came\u00a0death, by a man also\u00a0came the resurrection of the dead.\u00a0For\u00a0as in Adam all die, so also in\u00a0Christ all will be made alive.\u201d Romans 15:21-22 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201c<\/sup><\/strong>So will it be\u00a0with the resurrection of the dead.\u00a0The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;\u00a0 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;\u00a0it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;\u00a0 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.\u201d 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201c<\/sup><\/strong>But because of his great love for us,\u00a0God, who is rich in mercy,\u00a0 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions\u2014it is by grace you have been saved.\u00a0And God raised us up with Christ\u00a0and seated us with him\u00a0in the heavenly realms\u00a0in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness\u00a0to us in Christ Jesus.\u201d Ephesians 2:4-7 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201c<\/sup><\/strong>…<\/strong>because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead\u00a0will also raise us with Jesus\u00a0and present us with you to himself.\u201d 2 Corinthians 4:14 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cJesus answered them,\u00a0\u201cDo you now believe?\u00a0Behold,\u00a0an hour is coming, and has\u00a0already\u00a0come, for\u00a0you to be scattered, each to\u00a0his own\u00a0home, and to leave Me alone; and\u00a0yet\u00a0I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.\u00a0These things I have spoken to you, so that\u00a0in Me you may have peace.\u00a0In the world you have tribulation, but\u00a0take courage;\u00a0I have overcome the world.\u201d John 16:31-33 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201cFor whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world– our faith.\u201d Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?\u201d 1 John 5:4-5 (NASB)<\/p>\n \u201c\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Listen, I tell you a mystery:\u00a0We will not all sleep,\u00a0but we will all be changed\u2014\u00a0in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,\u00a0the dead\u00a0will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.\u00a0For the perishable\u00a0must clothe itself with the imperishable,\u00a0and the mortal with immortality. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: \u201cDeath has been swallowed up in victory.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhere, O death, is your victory? The sting of death is sin,\u00a0and the power of sin is the law.\u00a0 But thanks be to God!\u00a0He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 (NASB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2. I need to be made alive in Christ, otherwise I\u2019m dead.<\/h2>\n
3. I need freedom from my sin to live a new life for God.<\/h2>\n
4. I need to know I am rescued from the wrath of God.<\/h2>\n
5. I need the resurrection power of Christ continually to live for God.<\/h2>\n
6. I need to know my preaching and faith in Jesus Christ is not in vain.<\/h2>\n
7. I need the assurance I will be resurrected to live with God forever in Christ.<\/h2>\n
8. I need to know that all the sin, suffering, and death experienced in this life will be overcome and swallowed up in the victory of Christ.<\/h2>\n
\nWhere, O death, is your sting?\u201d<\/p>\n