Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The writer of Hebrews explains that Jesus, as Savior from sin, has freed the Christ-follower from the fear of death.
Hebrews 2:14-15 We are people of flesh and blood. That is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death. But He also died to rescue all of us who live each day in fear of dying. (CEV
In today’s verse the writer of Hebrews reveals how Jesus has removed a Christ-follower’s fear of death! Someone said fear of dying comes from a fear that death will be a doorway to hell vs. being a doorway to heaven. How has Jesus removed that fear?
By dying on the cross, Jesus took on Himself all your sins (and mine) and paid the penalty for them. When we believe that fact and trust Christ to be our only Savior from sin’s penalty – it takes away or destroys the ability of Satan to accuse us! Now, in Christ, we have the assurance that death is merely being “absent from the body and present with the Lord”!
Scripture quotations marked (CEV) are from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.