Looking Forward to Leaving
1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Ecclesiastes 7:4-“The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.” (CSB)
1. We will be forever changed
Verses 50-53
2. Death will be conquered
Verses 54-57
Isaiah 25:8-“He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken.”
Hosea 13:14-“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes.”
3. Our faithfulness will be rewarded
Verse 58
Revelation 2:10-“Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.”