2009-08-19T14:21:42-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/triumph/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%202:15&version=NIV 2009-08-19T14:21:42-05:00 Christ's death and resurrection was not a failure or a defeat--it was a triumph. For the three days he was dead, Jesus seemed to have been defeated by his enemies, but his resurrection proved them wrong. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%202:14&version=NIV 2009-08-07T00:20:01-05:00 The knowledge of God is described as a pleasant fragrance--a smell that Christ-followers spread through the world when they spread the good news and do good works in Christ's name. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Cor.15.56-1Cor.15.58&version=NIV 2009-07-16T10:10:49-05:00 Jesus offers us something we can never achieve on our own: victory over sin and death, two facts of human life that we could never overcome on our own. Work done in the service of Christ is never pointless, because we know that God's work will never be undone by sin or death.