50 Days of Praise - Day 17: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 (October 23) Death Defeated!

This passage celebrates the resurrection of Christ and the fact that it guarantees our resurrection! We will be changed into imperishable, immortal bodies and death will be defeated! This gives us hope to carry on!

Today’s Reading - 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 “O death, where is your victory?
    O death, where is your sting?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Prompting Praise

What character qualities of God are mentioned in this passage for which you can praise him? 

What great works of God are mentioned in this passage for which you can give thanks and praise him? 

As you consider the greatness of God, is there anything for which you need to repent? 

As you consider the greatness and goodness of God, are there changes in your life the Spirit of God would make in you? 

Praise the Lord

Of course, God hears your private prayers and your praise, but there is a blessing that comes when you voice your praise for others to hear. "Extol the Lord." That's what the Bible says. The comments are open if you wish to give God praise and thanksgiving that might bless us all.