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Victory In Christ’s Death

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Summary

The victory of Christ over death is not merely celebrated in the resurrection but was decisively won at the cross. Through Christ’s substitutionary death, the righteous demands of God’s holy law were fully satisfied, Satan was rendered powerless, and death’s sting was permanently removed.

Key Lessons:

  1. Jesus defeated death by satisfying God’s righteous demands through substitution, perfect obedience, and propitiatory sacrifice — paying the full penalty for our sin.
  2. On the cross, Christ rendered Satan powerless, destroying his ability to hold people in bondage through the fear of death and false accusation.
  3. The resurrection is not where the victory was won, but rather it is the public declaration of the victory already accomplished by Christ’s death.
  4. Death’s sting has been permanently removed because Christ drew sin’s poison into himself, freeing believers from fear and condemnation.

Application: We are called to examine whether we are merely religious or truly saved by grace through faith. Those who know Christ should live with boldness, showing faith by works worthy of His name, and preparing for eternity without fear. Those who have not trusted Christ are urged to believe today without delay.

Discussion Questions:

  1. How does understanding that Christ’s victory was won at the cross — not just at the resurrection — change the way we view Good Friday and Easter?
  2. In what ways does the fear of death still influence our daily decisions, and how can the truth of Christ’s victory free us from that bondage?
  3. What practical steps can we take to show our faith in Christ through works worthy of His name, as the sermon exhorts?

Scripture Focus: 2 Corinthians 5:21 (Christ made sin on our behalf), Romans 8:1-3 (no condemnation in Christ), Hebrews 2:14-15 (Christ destroys the power of death and frees from fear), 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (death’s sting removed through Christ’s victory), Isaiah 53 (the suffering servant satisfies God’s justice), and 1 John 3:8 (Christ appeared to destroy the works of the devil).

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Introduction

It is a day to rejoice as we think of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But this morning I want to look at the scriptures and preach to you the word of God.

I have selected scriptures today, and we want you to listen. Hopefully this scripture will be on the screen so you can read it. If you want to look at your own Bible, that is something that you ought to do.

But let me pray. Father, we thank you so much as your people, as we bow before you, as we come to you. Make us ready to hear the word of God, to again hear what you have done to accomplish so great a salvation that you offer to people.

You have demonstrated your love to them by dying on the cross, by paying the sins of your people, and then by defeating death and rising from the grave. You give eternal life to all those who would truly believe in you.

I pray, Lord, today that you would use me to communicate the word of God. Lord, let people receive it and come to know you. Let them grow in you and become more bold in their faith.

Lord, strengthen them to continue to live their life for the glory of Christ. I pray this in your name.

Amen.

The Christian’s Confidence in Death

Everyone has got to die. But does anyone have the ability to die?

Well, it seems that most people are at a disadvantage when it comes to death and dying.

Death to most people, to people outside of Christ, is hateful and ugly, something that they do not like to think about and they object to being reminded of it. When they meet death, they do not know what to do with it. They are helpless, paralyzed, and filled with fear.

They are unable to say like the apostle Paul, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” To the apostle Paul, there is a way of dying that is glorious and is more beneficial than staying here on the earth. Why is that? Because he knew when the Christian believer dies, he goes in spirit to be with Christ.

“For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”

He knows death will be but an entrance into a glorious life. He is confident that because he knows Christ, he knows where he’s going. He doesn’t feel alone as he is dying because Christ is with him. The fear of death is gone. He knows where he is going and to whom he is going.

Anyone who realizes the truth of salvation, who realizes what the Lord Jesus has actually done, will have been delivered not only from the power of death, but even from the fear of death and not only from the devil, but from all the fear the devil can raise and has raised in the mind of all of us.

The Christian is one who should be able to face death as the apostle Paul faced it. They should be able to say, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain,” and having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better than staying here.

The person knows that they’re entering their eternal home. They’re going into the presence of God, the God who created them. The Christian not only dies gloriously, they die triumphantly.

“The Christian not only dies gloriously, they die triumphantly.”

The Centrality of Christ’s Death and Resurrection

This is what we need to be reminded of on this Lord’s day: what the Lord Jesus has actually done. The crucifixion of the Lord Jesus on the hill of Golgotha took place many years ago. Millions have been born and have died since then.

But there is one death that is of central interest—more than all of them. Even today, people are deeply stirred by the intensity of Christ’s suffering and shame, especially once the gospel is understood and received and a person rejoices in the knowledge that sin’s penalty was paid in full on the cross.

The genuine Christian also feels an overwhelming sense of gratitude when he’s reminded that Christ has redeemed him from the obligation and the curses of the law. But there is one other glorious truth that must be highlighted on this resurrection morning, and it’s this: Jesus conquered death itself.

He gave his life on the cross. The truth is Jesus vanquished death by dying. That may sound rather strange to you. We usually speak of the resurrection of Christ as his victory over death, but that is really not the case.

“Jesus vanquished death by dying.”

Truly the victory was realized by his dying, and the resurrection became the great public declaration of that victory. So the apostle Paul wrote in Romans, “He was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection of the dead according to the spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

The resurrection is the declaration. It is the acceptance that everything that has gone before was accomplished. Jesus overthrew death and defeated it. How did he do that?

To gain a greater understanding of the victory we have in Christ’s death, in order to realize this truth and to have confidence, we may be able to say with Paul, “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”

There are three things I would like you to ponder today on this Lord’s day.

Point 1: Jesus Defeated Death by Satisfying God’s Righteous Demands

And the first one is this: The first thing to ponder is that Jesus defeated death by satisfying the righteous demands of God. How did he do that? By paying the price for sin.

What made it mandatory for the Lord to pronounce the sentence of death upon all who sinned? And that’s everyone. It was his holy nature. His righteousness requires the penalty of death for all sin.

God is holy, and any violation of his commands calls for the death penalty. A holy God cannot tolerate sin.

“Jesus defeated death by satisfying the righteous demands of God.”

God’s Holiness Cannot Tolerate Sin

It even says in Isaiah 59:2, “But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face, so he does not hear you.” Other passages say this: “Your eyes, Lord, are pure to approve evil. You cannot look at wickedness with favor.”

And then in the wisdom literature it says the devious are an abomination to the Lord. Again, evil plans are an abomination to the Lord. Because of this, God must necessarily, because of his nature, punish sin. He hates all sin and he cannot let sin into his presence.

Nothing exposes the depravity of man’s evil heart and his enmity against God than setting before him the holy nature of God. See, God is a just judge and it says in Psalms that God is angry with the wicked every day. Just think of that.

For one sin, God banished our first parents from Eden. Just for one sin, Moses was excluded from the promised land. For what reason? He did not treat God in one instance as holy.

Isaiah 59:2: “Your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God.”

So an understanding of God as a holy God should produce in all of us fear—a knee-knocking fear but also a reverential fear. Both should be evident.

It is a traumatic experience for unholy people to understand God in his holiness.

The Father’s Wrath Poured Out on the Son

The greatest demonstration of God’s hatred of sin was when the Father let loose his wrath upon his Son. When God the Father turned his smiling face away from his Son and thrust his sharp knife into his heart because Jesus was bearing the sins of many. That is when Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” See, the messianic psalm that records this also adores the perfection of God.

“The greatest demonstration of God’s hatred of sin was when the Father let loose his wrath upon his Son.”

And this is what it says in Psalm 22:3.

Yet you are holy, oh you who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

How does Jesus take care of our sin that separates us from God? How does he take care of the broken law of God that we’ve all broken? How does he take care of the anger of God towards sinners and sin?

He does that by bearing in himself the penalty of the broken law. The sinner is only forgiven on the ground of another having borne that punishment. Like it says in Hebrews 9:28: “So Christ also having been offered once to bear the sins of many.”

Someone had to pay for the broken law.

The Fact of Substitution

And Jesus bearing our sins included at least three additional facts for him to pay the penalty for the broken law. The first fact was this: his substitution. He died in the place of sinners. As it says in 2 Corinthians 5:21.

Substitution means that one person is put in the place of another. You and I should have been dying in that place for our sin, but Christ is the one who did it instead because we really weren’t able to do that and accomplish anything on our own.

“He died in the place of sinners.”

The substitution must be sufficient. It must be satisfactory, and the person who’s doing it must be able to do it. Jesus was all those things.

For it says there, he made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf. Why? So that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

We are born into this world as sinners. Our hearts are depraved. As we grow up, we sin in words, we sin in thought, and we sin in deeds.

The Law Reveals Our Sinfulness

We do not love the Lord with all our heart, our mind, and all our soul and strength. But God has given us a holy law, the Ten Commandments, and we break them. We are guilty. We deserve eternal punishment. The Bible says the wages of sin is death.

The Apostle Paul brings to our attention that God has given the law of God and the law condemns every human being in sin. For it says there’s none righteous, not one. That’s how God looks at us and sees us. Every person is a sinner as a result of God’s law.

For example, it says in the first commandment, “You shall have no other gods before me.” And yet most of us have many things that take precedence over our relationship with God. So we are condemned by that. The second law says you shall not make for yourselves a graven image or a carved image. And yet we create all types of items and things that we idolize above God himself.

The word of God says, “You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain.” How many of us have done that? And then honor your father and mother, kids. How many times have you honored your father and mother and you broke that commandment? See, God forbid stealing and lying and coveting.

These laws continuously point to our sinfulness. The law does not make us sinners. It reveals that we are sinners and that we are condemned and accountable before God. The law brings the knowledge of sin because by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified or declared righteous in his sight. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

The Bible gives us knowledge of sin and an awareness of how sinful we truly are. For all have sinned, the Bible says, and come short of the glory of God. The standard is not 80%, not 90%. The standard is 100%.

“The law does not make us sinners. It reveals that we are sinners.”

We have to be 100% holy before God every day, every minute, every month, every year, all the time. Can we do that? No, we can’t do that.

The law points out that we fall short. We may not be the worst sinners ever, but we are as bad as the worst because we are sinful human beings. No human being will be made righteous by the law. The law wasn’t given to make us righteous. The law was given to show us we’re sinners.

So if somebody says, “Well, I keep the ten commandments,” well, the ten commandments reveal you’re a sinner. So you should really look at yourselves. Wow, I’m a big sinner.

Good Deeds Cannot Remove Sin

See, one example may be suppose a person committed a murder and then felt terrible about it and decided I will do as many good things as possible for the rest of my life. How many good deeds would it take to undo murder? Nothing can undo murder.

The person would merely become a good intentioned murderer. And by the same token, the best we can be is good sinners. We are sinners by nature and we are sinners by deed.

As a result of that, according to scripture, God must reject us. Our good deeds cannot remove our sin and make us righteous. Nor can they release us from guilt.

“Our good deeds cannot remove our sin and make us righteous.”

That’s bad news. But that is precisely what the Lord Jesus has actually done. That sin was dealt with in the substitute Jesus Christ. And the result of that was that the sins of his people are covered.

The atonement the Bible calls it is the idea of covering. Our sin has to be covered or forgiven. The way God covers sin of the one who comes to believe in and follow Jesus Christ is for Christ as it says in our passage to be sin on our behalf so we might become the righteousness of God in him.

So there must be the fact of substitution.

Christ’s Perfect Obedience and Propitiation

Somebody has to die in your place. You can’t die there yourself because you couldn’t accomplish what Christ did. A second fact is that his perfect obedience in place of disobedient sinners. We could not be perfectly obedient, but Jesus Christ could and he was.

So the law had to be given in order that we might see that we could not keep it. The law could not save us because we could not keep it. The law condemned us in our sin.

And as it says in Romans, “Therefore, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.” And then in verse three, it says, “For what the law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did, sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh. And as an offering for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh so that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us.”

See, that’s what the Lord Jesus Christ did. He fulfilled the law. We couldn’t fulfill the law. He died in our place. We couldn’t have done that ourselves.

But there is a third thing, a third fact about this and that’s the fact of his propitiatory sacrifice on our behalf. Big word. But in this one, it means that the wrath of God is removed.

Romans 8:1: “There is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.”

Propitiation: God’s Wrath Satisfied

Propitiation means that on the cross, Jesus bore our sin and guilt and faced the wrath of his Father instead of us, fully paying on our behalf the debt we owed to the broken law of God. Notice what it says here in Hebrews 2:17—this is what God did. He said he died to make propitiation for the sins of his people.

At the cross of Calvary, Jesus made it possible for a holy God to be propitious towards us. What does that mean? It means to be favorably inclined towards the sinner. Even though we are guilty sinners, Jesus satisfied God’s holy justice, enabling him to save a people who deserved only judgment.

Propitiation is something done with a view to God. An offering is made to God that satisfies the demands of God’s law and God’s justice. When Christ gives himself as a propitiatory sacrifice, he satisfies what God requires. Because God requires the death penalty for sin, his justice demands that the life is poured out.

As it says in Isaiah 53, as a result of the anguish of his soul, he will see it and be satisfied.

“Jesus satisfied God’s holy justice, enabling him to save a people who deserved only judgment.”

The Father was satisfied with the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Because of that, he looks at the sinner who comes to Christ in a propitious way and is now inclined favorably towards that person. In other words, the wrath of God is no longer on that person, but it is the kindness and the goodness of God.

This means God’s wrath and justice toward me and you are satisfied for all those who put their faith in Jesus Christ. This is precisely what the Lord Jesus has actually done. Jesus had to overthrow death so the resurrection could be the great public declaration of his triumph and our victory. That’s the first thing.

Here’s the second thing I want you to ponder.

Point 2: Jesus Defeated Death by Winning the Battle Against Satan

That Jesus defeated death by winning the decisive battle against Satan. Now, closely related to the truth that Jesus defeated death by dying is the biblical teaching that on the cross he routed Satan, the agent of death.

If you notice what the writer of Hebrews says, he tells us that Christ became a partner in our humanity with this purpose in mind. What is the purpose? Hebrews 2:14 says this: through death he might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is the devil.

Hebrews 2:14: “Through death he might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is the devil.”

And might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

Satan’s Power of Death

Certainly the claim that Satan had the power of death would be upon people. It really doesn’t mean that the devil determines either the time of a person’s physical death or the nature of their eternal destiny.

Satan had power of death in two respects. First, he uses the human fear of death to keep a person in bondage to a false religious system and enslave them to believe what is actually false, which he communicates as what is true.

“Satan uses the human fear of death to keep a person in bondage to a false religious system.”

People Fear Death Because They Are Sinners

What causes people to be afraid of dying? Although we do have an instinctive fear of the unknown, that isn’t the principal reason. People fear death because they’re sinners. The consciousness of wrongdoing makes one apprehensive about dying.

A person may say that he doesn’t believe in God and that death is simply the end of existence, but deep down he really doesn’t believe that. There’s a voice within him that tells him he must face a righteous judge and that his sin will be punished.

“People fear death because they’re sinners.”

That’s the truth of things. We suppress that knowledge. We hold it down. But that’s the truth. People know God. They know their creator, but they suppress that truth.

A second way that Satan uses this power is to accuse the brethren. He makes accusations against people, telling them, “You’re no good. You’re worthless. God wouldn’t want you. Nobody wants you.” He constantly does that. He barges people with that.

Christ’s Victory: ‘It Is Finished’

Yet, however, the claim of Satan against God’s redeemed ones was annulled at the cross when Jesus cried out, “It is finished. The war is ended and the devil is a defeated foe.” But there’s another passage of scripture that shows how Jesus actually did this.

If you notice in 1 John 3:8, it says this: “The one who practices sin is of the devil. For the devil has sinned from the beginning. The son of God appeared for this purpose.” What is it? In order to destroy the works of the devil.

Jesus came into this world for this purpose: to finally put his works to death.

“It is finished. The war is ended and the devil is a defeated foe.”

Satan Is Defeated and Awaiting Judgment

See, God has given Satan no dominion over man. Man is in the domain of Satan only because of sin. And Christ achieved total victory over Satan and his evil host. They are completely disabled at the cross.

Satan is cast out. His power is curbed so that he could no longer deceive the nations with the measure of success that he once was permitted to enjoy. He is unable to stop the gospel of Jesus Christ or the active missionary work of Jesus Christ. He cannot stop it.

Satan is enchained and he’s awaiting judgment. That’s what the Bible says. Someday he will be assigned and confined to the abyss and then finally thrown into the lake of fire forever.

That’s why it says in 1 Corinthians 15:26, the last enemy that will be abolished is death. This is precisely what Jesus actually did for us. The moment that Jesus died, Satan was robbed of his spoil. Praise the Lord.

Jesus had to overthrow death and Satan so that the resurrection could be the outward token of the completeness of his sacrifice, the public declaration of his triumph and of our victory.

“The moment that Jesus died, Satan was robbed of his spoil.”

Point 3: Jesus Defeated Death by Removing Death’s Sting

And then there’s one last thing that I would want to mention. The third thing I want you to ponder this morning is this: Jesus defeated death by removing death’s sting forever.

If there’s one thing about death, when I go to funerals and I talk to people about it, it just doesn’t belong here. Death never belonged here.

When you talk to people about death, they don’t really want to talk about it. They want to ignore it or not think about it. That’s kind of natural to do. But we have to think about it.

So in addition to paying the full price for sin and defeating Satan, the Lord Jesus removed the sting of death.

“Jesus removed the sting of death when he died on the cross.”

O Death, Where Is Your Sting?

He removed the sting of death when he died on the cross. Death comes to all alike. It doesn’t play any favorites. Being righteous or religious does not exempt anyone from death.

Death is an intruder which does not fit into the scheme of human existence. Just as it says in Romans, “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, so death passed upon all men. For all have sinned.” Sins are the cause that people are alienated from God, and sins are the cause of why we die.

Well, the resurrection of Jesus Christ changed all that. Because there is a resurrection, the victory is ours in Christ. That’s what we read in 1 Corinthians 15. Notice what it says here.

1 Corinthians 15:55-56: “O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.”

“But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jesus gets the victory because he won all the battles, and then he gives the victory to us.

Christ has dealt with the root infection. Death has had its deadly sting precisely because of sin. What magnifies the sin? The law of God. That’s what it says right here.

Through his death on the cross, sin is paid for. The law’s demands are satisfied. Death is abolished. As the Old Testament prophet Isaiah says, he swallowed up death for all time.

By Christ’s death and resurrection, already the sting of death has been removed. This sting is not some mild irritant, but it is like a scorpion sting that results in death. Christ has drawn out the poison by drawing it out into himself. Christ Jesus has destroyed him who holds the power of death.

Death can already be mocked. That’s what’s happening in this passage. It’s a question: Where’s your victory, death? Where’s your sting? It’s gone. It’s no longer there.

Why is it no longer there? Because Jesus Christ paid for it all. He’s taken care of everything. We can be set free from the fear of death. We can be set free from the condemnation of the law. We can be set free from every sin we ever committed. Jesus sets us free.

Death has lost its poison fangs. It’s lost its sting. That’s precisely what the Lord Jesus has actually done. Because Christ has been raised from the dead, it proves all our enemies have been completely and forever defeated. There’s nothing that can come up against the Christian ever again.

Jesus had to overthrow death and Satan and remove death’s sting by fully emptying the cup of divine wrath and making it possible for God to forgive sinners. The resurrection could then be the outward expression of the completeness of his sacrifice and the public declaration of his triumph and our victory.

The Bee Sting Illustration

There was a story I read of a father who kept bees as a hobby. One day he was walking in his orchard with his two sons near the beehives. As boys will do, they began running around and must have irritated the bees in some way.

One of the bees zeroed in on one of the boys and stung him just above the right eye. He cried out in pain, brushing the bee away. Then the bee flew toward his brother, who waved his arms frantically and fell to the ground in fear. The father ran over to his son and pulled him to his feet.

With a strong voice, he said to him, “Son, listen. That bee who stung your brother cannot hurt you. He can only scare you.” Then he showed him the dark speck still embedded in the flesh above his brother’s eye. “There’s the bee stinger,” the father continued. “He left it in your brother.”

“See, the bee now is harmless. He can scare you by his buzzing, but he has no power to sting you.”

The father, being a Christian man, took the opportunity to teach his sons a lesson. He pointed out that the Bible speaks of sin as the sting of death. He compared it to the bee sting.

“The bee can scare you by his buzzing but he has no power to sting you.”

He explained that even as your older brother had removed the possibility of the bees harming you, our elder brother Jesus Christ took the sting out of death by dying on the cross for our sins.

Death Is Harmless to the Christian

He emphasized that the child of God may still become uneasy in the face of death and may see it as an unwelcomed enemy.

But death to genuine Christians is really harmless and can no longer injure us in any way. Rather, God makes it a blessing, for it becomes the means by which the spirit enters into heaven and into the presence of God.

“Death to genuine Christians is really harmless and can no longer injure us in any way.”

However, the story is much different for those who do not know Christ as savior. They continue in bondage because of the fear of death.

The unsaved person is in bondage through fear of death, whether they know it or not. In that state, some live in slavery to religious systems which oppress them by their unbearable lists of dos and don’ts, trying to work their way to heaven by their own good works and righteousness, which they do not have. This is a lie.

Others bind themselves to a life of study and speculation, hoping for a ray of light to assure them that something good will come after they die. This is a lie.

The Call to Believe

Still others tried to banish from their minds all thoughts of dying, throwing themselves into a frenzy of life as they pursue money and position, possessions and pleasure, and fame or some other empty pursuit.

So how about you? Do you desire freedom from the slavery of fear? Would you like to know where you’re going when you die? Are you religious or are you saved?

There are only two ways: the way of man and the way of God. Man’s way is religion. God’s way is simply through grace and faith in Jesus Christ. God’s way is one of sacrifice and the blood of the lamb. Man’s way is by works. God’s way is by faith.

So what’s the answer? It is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. And you too can be assured of heaven. If you have not done that, you should do that soon before it’s too late.

Don’t say you’re too old to do it or you’re too busy to do it or maybe I’ll do it when I get older because I’m young and I want to experience life. Don’t think like that. Come to Christ today. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you too can be assured of heaven, assured that your sins are forgiven.

All of you need to know how to admit that you’re lost, a sinner, and in need of a savior. That’s why Jesus came. But if you reject God’s offer and you make all kinds of excuses and insist upon your own terms, then there is only one alternative. The Bible says the only alternative is hell—to be separated in your sin from God forever.

Now, if you have already accepted and received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then Jesus’ invitation to you today is to show your faith in Jesus Christ by works worthy of his name. Show you have a hope of heaven by beginning to prepare for it right now.

Show that you are beginning to love God by obeying him. Here’s the good news: God sent his son Jesus into the world in the power of the Holy Spirit in order to live a perfect life, die a substitutionary death, and rise victoriously from the grave.

This gospel offer is for everyone. It is for you so that all who believe the message are saved from their sins. Christ’s victory over death is declared and celebrated in his resurrection from the dead. Because he rose, we will rise.

“Christ’s victory over death is declared and celebrated in his resurrection. Because he rose, we will rise.”

There will be a resurrection of life and there will be a resurrection of damnation. What resurrection will you be in? That’s the question. But we do have the victory in Christ Jesus, which we celebrate today.

Closing Prayer

Amen. Let me pray. Lord, this morning I thank you again for the goodness of your word and the kindness that you have to communicate it to us. Even though we know it’s hard, it exposes us for who we are. But Lord, it also teaches us how to be rescued, how to have the victory. Thank you, Lord Jesus, that that’s what you’ve done in the word of God. You’ve told us the truth. And Lord, thank you for all you’ve accomplished on our behalf.

We can come by faith, turn from what we’re trusting in and trust in you alone because you accomplished everything that needed to be accomplished so we can have eternal life, be forgiven of our sins, and be made right with God. Knowing that, Lord, when we do die, we know where we’re going to go. We’re going to go in your presence.

So thank you Lord Jesus for the truths of scripture that free us up from all the bondages and fears of this life. And I pray this in Christ’s name.

Amen.

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