{"id":3214,"date":"2026-08-24T07:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2026-08-24T07:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:06:10","slug":"what-does-dead-in-christ-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=3214","title":{"rendered":"What Does Dead in Christ Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHAT DOES DEAD IN CHRIST MEAN?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1 CORINTHIANS 15:51-52&nbsp;&nbsp; 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1 THESSALONIANS 4:16-17&nbsp;&nbsp; 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JOHN 11:11-14&nbsp;&nbsp; 11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. 14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JOHN 5:25-28&nbsp;&nbsp; 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ROMANS 6:3-11&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2 CORINTHIANS 5:17-21&nbsp;&nbsp; 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ&#8217;s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JOHN 14:6&nbsp;&nbsp; Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT DOES DEAD IN CHRIST MEAN? 1 CORINTHIANS 15:51-52&nbsp;&nbsp; 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=3214\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Does Dead in Christ Mean?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-todaysbibleverse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3215,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions\/3215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}