Passion for Praise: 'Death is Swallowed Up in Victory!'
Friday, November 18, 2005
For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies. Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: "Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Passion for Praise is a daily devotional consisting of a passage of Scripture that emphasizes praise to our God.
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