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Victory over Death Comes through Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 15:51\u201358<\/strong><\/p>\n

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
\n52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
\n53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
\n54 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.
\n55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
\n56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
\n57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
\n58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.<\/p>\n

President Gordon B. Hinckley said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJust outside the walls of Jerusalem, in this place or somewhere nearby, was the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea where the body of the Lord was interred. On the third day following His burial \u2018came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. . . .<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018And the angel . . . said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay\u2019 (Matt. 28:1\u20132, 5\u20136).<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the most reassuring words in all of human history. Death\u2014universal and final\u2014had now been conquered. \u2018O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?\u2019 (1 Cor. 15:55).<\/p>\n

\u201cTo Mary, the Risen Lord first appeared. He spoke to her, and she replied. He was real. He was alive, He whose body had been laid in death. Small wonder that when Thomas later saw Him with His wounded hands and side, he exclaimed in wonder, \u2018My Lord and my God\u2019 (John 20:28).<\/p>\n

\u201cNever had this occurred before. There had been only death without hope. Now there was life eternal. Only a God could have done this. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ was the great crowning event of His life and mission. It was the capstone of the Atonement. The sacrifice of His life for all mankind was not complete without His coming forth from the grave, with the certainty of the Resurrection for all who have walked the earth.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf all the victories in the chronicles of humanity, none is so great, none so universal in its effects, none so everlasting in its consequences as the victory of the crucified Lord, who came forth from the tomb that first Easter morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who were witnesses of that event, all who saw and heard and spoke with the Risen Lord, testified of the reality of this greatest of all miracles. His followers through the centuries lived and died in proclamation of the truth of this supernal act.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo all of these we add our testimony that He who died on Calvary\u2019s cross arose again in wondrous splendor as the Son of God, the Master of life and death.\u201d<\/p>\n

(\u201cSpecial Witnesses of Christ,\u201d Ensign,<\/em> Apr. 2001, 14\u201315.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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