The End | Part 5

1 Corinthians 15:50-57: “I declare to you brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the perishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed –in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying this is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’ ‘Where, O death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law, But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”

What does it mean to walk in the staying power of assured victory?

Four implications:

• Since Victory is Assured, Stay Firm in Your Faith. “Stand firm.”

Colossians 1:22-23, “But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the Gospel.”

Luke 19:16, “Sir, your mina has earned ten more.” V. 17: “‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.”

V. 19, “You take charge of five cities.”

• Since Victory is Assured, Stay Resilient in Your Trials. “Let nothing move you.”

• Since Victory is Assured, Stay Engaged in Your Ministry! “Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord.”

• Since Victory is Assured, Stay Confident in the Outcome! “Because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”