Posts Tagged ‘ Death ’
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 18:21, ESV
Are you better at encouraging or discouraging, building up or tearing down with your words?
Do you share biblical, spiritual truths or focus on worldly and even sinful talk?
Do you spread love or hate?
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.
Isaiah 25:8, ESV
When Christ came, He took away our sin and shame.
When Christ comes, He will remove pain, fear, sadness, and death forever.
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1, ESV
Because of Christ’s death on the cross and resurrection from the dead, all of our got and Shane is washed away. Each and every part of our sin is removed. We are free from eternal consequences of our sin.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:37-39, ESV
For He is risen!
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:7-8, ESV
Jesus is, always has been, and always will be God. Yet, He ignored the honor due Him to die for our forgiveness and redeem us from His wrath.
Likewise, through Christ we are adopted children of God, yet we serve our fellow humans to show them God’s grace.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4, ESV
Our greatest fear (usually) is death.
Through Christ, our greatest hope, we find eternal life.
for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls
1 Peter 1:24, ESV
Anything we do is temporary, and we are all destined to die.
It is only through faith in Jesus Christ that we enter eternal life.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23, ESV
Because of our sin, we all deserve to die and face punishment. But God, in His loving mercy and grace, has saved us from our sin and given us the hope of eternal life through Jesus.
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
Romans 8:6, ESV
Where you focus your thoughts determines how you act.
Do you focus in earthly pleasures or worldly woes?
Or do you focus on God, His Word, and our eternal destination?
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.
Isaiah 25:8, ESV
Christ defeated death and sin at the Passover weekend 2000 years ago.
We are merely in the small closing battles until His triumphant return!
