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Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices; my body also rests securely. For you will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.
Psalm 16:9-10, CSB
Jesus’ body is not in the tomb, so we can have joy in knowing that death is not the end for all who believe in Christ.
So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground. “Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” asked the men. “He is not here, but he has risen! Remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee“
Luke 24:5-6, CSB
Christ is risen. He was dead and buried, but He is not there anymore. Our God and Savior lives.
He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21, CSB
Jesus is our life and power, sharing His righteousness and power to overcome sin and death with us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me.
John 15:4-5, CSB
Jesus is our life and power, and by His Spirit we are able to do amazing things to change this world for the glory of the Father.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7, CSB
God should be our source of hope, joy, and peace. We should fear the wrath of God before we are found in Christ, but we should walk in reverence of His majesty, finding peace and joy in the wisdom and correction He offers us through the Holy Spirit.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:57, ESV
The hope of Christ is that the long-awaited Messiah has come, and He has overpowered evil and sin by His life, death, and resurrection. We now have hope of overcoming the problems of this life through Christ.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
Psalm 34:8, ESV
We give up our old life when we put our faith in Christ, and this includes actually trusting God with all our problems rather than merely trying to solve all of our own problems and worries.
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