Go to 1 Corinthians please, the 15th chapter.

We begin, I believe it was last week, on a new series, and so we have already covered

some ground and you can get that if you're visiting with us today, go online, download

it.

It would be available here too in the house as well

in the word supply. But we'll review just a little bit and then go further. Our 15th chapter

and 57th verse is our text. 1 Corinthians 1557. It said, but thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

You like that?

Everybody said out loud, but thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory.

Now, this is a familiar verse to many, and a lot of people have quoted it in connection with

victory over sickness and pain, victory over financial lack, victory over oppression and

problems, and I believe that's all true. But he was talking about a specific thing in this 15th chapter that the Lord has given us victory over.

This is verse what?

57.

That means there's 56 verses leading up to this powerful summary statement.

Now, last week, we took the time and read most of them

and just took the time in that chapter.

And let me encourage you to do this and catch up with us on this.

But if you back up just to the 54th verse,

in just a couple of verses, you'll see what he was talking about.

In verse 54, well, let's back up a little bit further.

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