Total Transformation
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Total Transformation

While death is certain for all, most of us prefer to ignore the issue entirely. In this message, Alistair Begg considers the tragedy of dying outside of Christ, the mystery of radical change upon a believer’s death, and the great victory that Jesus accomplished over sin and death. Rather than being consumed, controlled, and constrained by this life, Christians should eagerly await the return of our Savior, who freed us from the sting of death.

Series Containing This Sermon

A Study in 1 Corinthians, Volume 7

Life after Death 1 Corinthians 15:1–58 Series ID: 14607

Life after Death

1 Corinthians 15:1–58 Series ID: 23601


51Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52in 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. 53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54When 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.”

55“O death, where is your victory?

O death, where is your sting?”

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Copyright © 2024, Alistair Begg. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.

Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.