Removing the Sting!

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series]

What is the sting of death?
Not just the pain, last breath,
not just the disappointment, end
of time upon the earth

What is the sting of death?
Death came to all on earth
because of sin, and all would die
– end of the road from birth.

At first that punishment –
a separation meant
while living – all estranged from God,
until they trust, repent.

And life would one day cease
and then each soul would face
God’s court of law and ‘Guilty all’
unless they’d asked his grace.

So though death’s sting is sin,
and law its proof will bring
we have the victory in Christ
eternal life in Him.

Tune: SM

“O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”  The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

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