LAUGHING IN THE FACE OF THE GRIM REAPER (38 OF 40)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58
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Laughing in the Face of the Grim Reaper (38 of 40)
Series: 1 Corinthians - And You Think You've Got Problems
Jeff Schreve
1 Corinthians 15:50-58
If you have your Bible, please turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 15. We're going to finish the 15th chapter. It's taken us several sermons to go through the 15th chapter, but it's a great chapter and it's all about the resurrection.
Now I want to do a little test tonight, a little game. I'm going to put a picture on the screen and I want you to tell me who this is.
It's the Grim Reaper. Somebody has well said that that picture, and there's lot of different variations of the Grim Reaper, but it's the most recognized entity of all time. Everybody knows that that's the Grim Reaper. It's a guy with a hooded robe. And he's got a big cycle, and he needs to eat, right? He's a little malnourished. He's just a skeleton. And he's a scary figure, and he pictures death. Death is something that you and I can't afford. We have that old phrase, ''Like death and taxes - you can't avoid it.'' It is there.
I heard a story. Perhaps you've heard this story. It's been around for a long, long time, about a man, very wealthy man, in Baghdad, and he had a servant. And he sent his servant to the market to pick up some items. And this servant was busy in the market buying the items, and he bumped into death. And he ran back to his master with an ashen face. And the master said to him, ''What happened to you?'' He said, ''I was in the market. I was minding my own business. I was buying the things that you told me to get.'' He said, ''I ran into death. I bumped into death, and death made a very threatening gesture toward me.'' And he said, ''Master, I need to flee.'' And he said, ''Please, give me one of your horses. I need to ride as far away from here as possible.
I need to ride all the way to Samara.'' And the master said, ''Take the horse. You can do it.'' And then the master himself went into the marketplace, and he saw death ...
Series: 1 Corinthians - And You Think You've Got Problems
Jeff Schreve
1 Corinthians 15:50-58
If you have your Bible, please turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 15. We're going to finish the 15th chapter. It's taken us several sermons to go through the 15th chapter, but it's a great chapter and it's all about the resurrection.
Now I want to do a little test tonight, a little game. I'm going to put a picture on the screen and I want you to tell me who this is.
It's the Grim Reaper. Somebody has well said that that picture, and there's lot of different variations of the Grim Reaper, but it's the most recognized entity of all time. Everybody knows that that's the Grim Reaper. It's a guy with a hooded robe. And he's got a big cycle, and he needs to eat, right? He's a little malnourished. He's just a skeleton. And he's a scary figure, and he pictures death. Death is something that you and I can't afford. We have that old phrase, ''Like death and taxes - you can't avoid it.'' It is there.
I heard a story. Perhaps you've heard this story. It's been around for a long, long time, about a man, very wealthy man, in Baghdad, and he had a servant. And he sent his servant to the market to pick up some items. And this servant was busy in the market buying the items, and he bumped into death. And he ran back to his master with an ashen face. And the master said to him, ''What happened to you?'' He said, ''I was in the market. I was minding my own business. I was buying the things that you told me to get.'' He said, ''I ran into death. I bumped into death, and death made a very threatening gesture toward me.'' And he said, ''Master, I need to flee.'' And he said, ''Please, give me one of your horses. I need to ride as far away from here as possible.
I need to ride all the way to Samara.'' And the master said, ''Take the horse. You can do it.'' And then the master himself went into the marketplace, and he saw death ...
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