DEATH LOST ITS STINGER IN THE CROSS
Have any of you ever had a honeybee for a pet? Why not? A honeybee is very pretty, and it makes some very delicious food. Dogs and cats certainly do not make honey or anything else to eat, for that matter. No, I think that a honeybee would make a great pet except for one very small problem. What is it? The stinger! The Bible likens death to a honeybee, did you know that? That’s right. We all know that a bee only has one stinger, and when it stings someone, it then has to go off and die. Similarly, death stung Jesus while He was dying on the cross and the stinger is still stuck in that cross today. Paul again wrote in the Bible, “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our…
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