The Greater Principle
“O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55) Jesus won the ultimate victory over sin and Satan by His life, death, and resurrection, and we are the recipients of all the benefits of our Lord's triumph. Yet, sin is still the primary enemy of the heaven-bound saint, and we must not be foolish enough to ignore that fact. The very principle of sin (not just the act) is an affront to everything the Lord is, says, and does; therefore, that sin principle must be rooted out with a superior principle — “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!” Even before sin entered the DNA of humanity, the Lord had a plan for our redemption, and that good plan was manifested in time and in Jesus Christ. Sin was exposed and defeated by His death on the cross; and by His resurrection from the dead, death itself lost its terrifying power. Therefore, we can emphatically ask, “O, death, where is your sting...