What a weekend of sports. The 2026 Winter Olympics began. The wild PGA Phoenix Open took place. And then there was that Super Bowl. It was a weekend of winners and losers, successes and failures. All of which brought to mind that verse in 1Corinthians 15 (the Resurrection Chapter) …
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” [vs 57 HCSB]
The NLT translates it this way … “But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Sin and its penalty death have plagued mankind since the Garden of Eden. The fear of death (Thanatophobia) is identified as the most profound fear. It is universal. The unknown aspects of death raise it above all others.
But those who have surrendered their lives to Christ Jesus (the Living One Who died but is alive forever and ever and the One Who holds the keys of death and the grave [Rev 1:18]), can thank God for the victory given to them over sin and death.
That victory is an eternal one that can never be taken away! Amen & Amen