4月10日
标 题： 死亡的毒钩在哪里？
经 节： 死啊！你得胜的权势在哪里？死啊！你的毒钩在哪里？（哥林多前书十五章55节）
几世纪以来，死亡一直是我们残酷、无情且顽强的敌人。不管你今世的身分地位多么高、能力多么强，或财富多么丰硕，你仍然免不了一死。我们一旦出生，死亡就等着我们。许多人试图研制长生不老的药，但从来没有一个人成功。
复活的事实为我们带来一个真理，就是死亡已经被击败了！死亡不再是坚不可摧的敌人，因为基督已经进入地狱之门，彻底战胜死亡。祂已经完全征服死亡，而现在祂保证祂的跟随者，也就是我们，也能分享祂的胜利。基督徒不用惧怕死亡，基督已经先我们一步到天堂，并且祂也将接我们上天堂，与祂会合。死亡不能再控制我们，我们能够自由地体验神荣耀、神圣的同在。没有任何疾病能击败我们，没有任何灾难可以剥夺我们的永生。死亡可能会暂时取走我们所爱的，然而，它也带我们进入那最爱我们的主的同在。神的荣耀就是祂的同在。死亡──我们最大的敌人──已经变成工具，使信徒能够体验神的荣耀！
不要让任何一丝对死亡的惧怕，妨碍你体验丰盛的生命。死亡不能夺取你的永生，因为永生是神儿女的当然产业。耶稣在天堂已为你预备一个超过你所能理解的地方（约翰福音十四：1～4）。死亡只是一扇门，你有一天将经过此门通往天堂，领取天堂的奖赏。
Where Is Death’s Sting?
“O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your
victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55)
Over the centuries, death has been our relentless and unyielding enemy.
No one, regardless of worldly rank, strength, or wealth has been able to escape
death. As soon as we are born, death becomes our destiny. Many have tried, but
no one has developed an antidote for death.
The reality of the resurrection is that death has been defeated! It is
no longer the impregnable enemy, for Christ marched through the gates of Hades
and claimed decisive victory over death. He conquered death completely; now He
assures His followers that we, too, will share in His victory. Christians need
not fear death. Christ has gone before us and will take us to join Him in
heaven. Death frees us to experience the glorious, heavenly presence of God. No
illness can defeat us. No disaster can rob us of eternal life. Death can
temporarily remove us from those we love, but it transfers us into the presence
of the One who loves us most. God’s glory is His presence. Death, our greatest
enemy, is nothing more than the vehicle that enables believers to experience
God’s glory!
Do not allow a fear of death to prevent you from experiencing a full and
abundant life. Death cannot rob you of the eternal life that is your
inheritance as a child of God. Jesus has prepared a place for you in heaven
that surpasses your imagination (John 14:1–4). Death will one day be the door
by which you gain access to all that is yours in heaven.
