Hey Death! You Lose!

Hey Death! You Lose! The Master said it affirmatively: “Because I live, you also will live” (John 14:19, NRSV). William Sloane Coffin said, “We are on the road to heaven now if we walk with the Lord.” Do you believe it? If you fully accept Christ’s resurrection, you can be assured that you, as a child of God and a follower of Christ, will live eternally. If you were a gifted sculptor, would you, after working a number of years, grab a hammer and smash your masterpiece to pieces? Of course not! Just so, God wouldn’t allow death to triumph over us …unless we arrogantly chose other-wise. St. Paul wrote to the Corinthians: “If Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain” (1 Cor. 15:14, NRSV). But then he affirmed: “In fact Christ has been raised from the dead” (vs. 20). That will be true for all who call Christ Savior.