April 26th, 2023
As Humans, two of the greatest challenges we face are sin and death. They are everywhere and have been around since Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2&3). Everybody sins. Everybody dies. And many people are quite scared to die. Even many Christians, though they love Jesus and believe that they have eternal life, they still fear physical death.
Now the Bible describes death in two ways, spiritual and physical. Thanatos, the Greek word for spiritual death, is the separation and removal from God’s presence. Necros, physical death, is biological. It’s what happens to our bodies when we stop breathing and our heart stops beating
Other than a few people in the Bible, everybody, until Jesus Christ returns, will die a physical death.
The Bible tells use in Matthew 10:28 (NASB) “Do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell”
So even though physical death scared us, it is spiritual death that is our greatest foe. Being separated from God, for all of eternity is not what people were created for, and the good news is that not everybody will suffer spiritual death, nor will everyone remain physically dead.
Christ has obtained victory over death.
Jesus’ resurrection shows us God’s power to conquer both physical and spiritual death.
(John 10:9-19) NASB states “I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly”
1st Corinthians 15:20-26) NASB states “But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming, then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death."
Nothing, not even sin and death, is too big for God to handle. He is so much more than any and every thing we face. And He loves us with all His strength. With God in our lives, we have nothing to fear, now and forever.
Scripture is so clear about Jesus' victory or death, and two verses that reaffirms this truth are found below.
1 Corinthians 15:54-55- states “When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory.' 'Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
Isaiah 25:8 "He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken."
I love those verses, I love that I know without a doubt, that the two great enemies of humanity sin and death, has been defeated. And all who put the trust in Jesus Christ, will over come the curse of sin, and will not face spiritual death. And even though this physical body will decay and parish, A new sinless body will be our for all eternity.
Such an incredible victory has Jesus Christ won for us! My prayer is that we take time today to be mindful of the price Jesus paid to defeat sin and death, and give us Victory.
-Don Stubbs
Now the Bible describes death in two ways, spiritual and physical. Thanatos, the Greek word for spiritual death, is the separation and removal from God’s presence. Necros, physical death, is biological. It’s what happens to our bodies when we stop breathing and our heart stops beating
Other than a few people in the Bible, everybody, until Jesus Christ returns, will die a physical death.
The Bible tells use in Matthew 10:28 (NASB) “Do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell”
So even though physical death scared us, it is spiritual death that is our greatest foe. Being separated from God, for all of eternity is not what people were created for, and the good news is that not everybody will suffer spiritual death, nor will everyone remain physically dead.
Christ has obtained victory over death.
Jesus’ resurrection shows us God’s power to conquer both physical and spiritual death.
(John 10:9-19) NASB states “I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly”
1st Corinthians 15:20-26) NASB states “But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming, then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death."
Nothing, not even sin and death, is too big for God to handle. He is so much more than any and every thing we face. And He loves us with all His strength. With God in our lives, we have nothing to fear, now and forever.
Scripture is so clear about Jesus' victory or death, and two verses that reaffirms this truth are found below.
1 Corinthians 15:54-55- states “When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory.' 'Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
Isaiah 25:8 "He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken."
I love those verses, I love that I know without a doubt, that the two great enemies of humanity sin and death, has been defeated. And all who put the trust in Jesus Christ, will over come the curse of sin, and will not face spiritual death. And even though this physical body will decay and parish, A new sinless body will be our for all eternity.
Such an incredible victory has Jesus Christ won for us! My prayer is that we take time today to be mindful of the price Jesus paid to defeat sin and death, and give us Victory.
-Don Stubbs
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