The Sting of Death is Sin 1 Corinthians 15:56

Paul the apostle declared to the church members in Corinth, “O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?”, and in chapter fifteen and verse fifty-six of First Corinthians, Paul told the church members what will happen, “the sting of death is sin”, where we read:

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

The verse begins, “The sting of death is sin;” Paul began with the words, “the sting” or “such as the sting of bees, scorpions or locust; an iron goad for urging on oxen, horses or other beasts of burden; a prick” “of death” which means “separation of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended” “is sin” or “is to err, miss the mark, be mistaken, do wrong and wander from the law of God”. “death”, according to Paul, is the result and “sting” of “sin” within a person.

The verse goes on to say, “...and the strength of sin is the law.” Paul continued with the words, “and the strength” which means “the power and ability” “of sin” or “of error, missing the mark, being mistaken, doing wrong and wandering from the law of God” “is the law” which means “the rule producing a state approved of God”. Paul shared how the establishment of God's “law” revealed the “sin” and error that is within people.

When we consider these words from Paul, we understand both the consequences and the substantiating of God's “law”. God established His “law” which exposed “sin”, and when a person indulges in “sin”, the final result is the “sting of death”. Jesus Christ came to “fulfill the law”, and when He did, He defeated the “penalty” and “effect” of “sin”. Now “death” is defeated, and those who put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ shall never “die eternally”. “Everlasting life” is promised to all who believe, and “death's sting” is forever ineffective.

Next time Paul gives “thanks to God” because God, “gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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