You’ve been sold the wrong story about death.

Main message: Jesus opposes death as an enemy and has come to defeat it—he both fights against death on our behalf and compassionately enters our grief.

Key points:

• Death is not simply "part of life" to be accepted; Jesus calls it the enemy.
• 1 Corinthians 15 teaches that death will be the last enemy to be defeated.
• Jesus' work on the cross and in the resurrection aims to render the tomb empty for believers.
• Jesus is both a warrior against death and a compassionate companion who enters our sorrow.
• His weeping (Jesus wept) shows he understands and shares our pain even while he will overcome death.

Scriptures mentioned: 1 Corinthians 15, John 11:35 (Jesus wept)