The Father's Menu
Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh
Monday, March 11, 2024
DEATH WHERE'S YOUR STING?
“So, when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Corinthians 15:54-57
Main Text: Romans 5:14
By the error of disobedience of our ‘first parents,’ Adam and Eve, the power to be god of this world was transferred to Satan which resulted significantly in the reign of death and terrors. The Bible says “…in the day that thou eatest thereof (the tree) thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2:17). He was talking about spiritual death; spiritual death is the cause of physical death. But who had the power of death?
The Bible says, “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14). Satan uses the tool of death to keep tormenting the world.
We are set free from death and bondage because Jesus came to save the world from sin. Jesus came, and through death, He destroyed him who had the power of death, the devil.
The Bible says, “Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him” (Romans 6:9). Christ is Jesus and His body—the Church! The head and the body form Christ. If death has no more dominion over the head, it doesn’t have dominion over any other part of the body; death has no power over you. The Bible says you’ve been brought into life and immortality (2 Timothy 1:10).
Confession:
I’m fearless, for death has been paralyzed, completely defeated by Jesus! O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? When Jesus defeated death, I was in Him, and together with Him, I’ve triumphed over death and the grave! Hallelujah!
Further Reading:
Romans 5:14 “Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”
2 Peter 1:3-4 “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
Read through the bible in 1 year: Numbers 15:17-16:40 12 Mark 15:1-47 Psalm 54:1-7 Proverbs 11:5-6
Read through the bible in 2 years: Ez 28 & Ps 63
