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The Greatest

September 17, 2014

The question has plagued humanity almost from the very beginning: “Who is the greatest?” That is really the conflict that arose between Cain and his brother Abel, is it not? Cain and Abel both brought offerings to the Lord. Cain brought the fruits of the ground: vegetables, fruits, any kind of edible plant. Abel brought the firstborn of his flock and the fattest of his flock, nothing but the best. And whose offering was better? Why that of Abel, the younger brother. It was not better because of the value of the offering, no. The author of Hebrews tells us that it is faith which makes Abel’s offering acceptable in the sight of God. Faith makes one great before heaven’s court. But Cain cannot understand this. ...

I Corinthians 15:51-58

Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,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. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 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.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”

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

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.