Life and Immortality Through Jesus | Open Book | Mar 11, 2025 | CR

Crystal Rivers | Open Book | Mar 11, 2025
In understanding the power of Jesus Christ and His victory over sin and death, it is essential to grasp the profound message of His sacrifice and its implications for believers. The Scriptures emphasize that through Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection, believers are delivered from the dominion of sin and death, receiving instead life and immortality.

Psalm 8 captures the awe of God’s creation and His divine purpose for mankind. The psalmist marvels at the glory of the heavens and questions what man is that God is mindful of him. Despite humanity’s apparent insignificance in the grand scope of creation, God has crowned man with glory and honor, making him a little lower than the angels. This passage foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, who, though made lower than the angels for a time, became the means by which death could be defeated.

In Hebrews 2, the apostle connects this idea by pointing out that Christ was made lower than the angels for the purpose of suffering death, so that through His death, He could destroy the power of the devil, who holds the power of death. Jesus took on human form to experience death and, through His sacrifice, destroy sin and death’s power over humanity. The purpose of Christ’s death was not just to pay the price for sin, but to break the power of death once and for all. As a result, believers are empowered to declare that death no longer holds dominion over them because Christ has conquered it.

When believers understand this truth, they can live boldly, knowing that death has been defeated and will pass over them. This is why it is so important to meditate on and declare the truths of the gospel over one’s life, applying them to every aspect of being—from the body to the soul. Life and immortality, gifts from God through Christ, are available to those who embrace His sacrifice. As believers, they are called to walk in the light of this truth, living free from the fear of death, and with the assurance that the blood of Christ covers them.

The power of this message should compel every believer to arm themselves with the knowledge of Christ’s victory. As the gospel is proclaimed, life and immortality are imparted to those who receive it. The true gospel offers more than just salvation—it offers the defeat of sin and death, and the impartation of eternal life.

The message culminates in the understanding that Jesus not only abolished death for His followers but also instituted a new covenant, symbolized by the bread and the cup. The bread, representing His body broken for humanity, and the cup, representing His blood shed for the forgiveness of sins, are more than mere symbols—they are tangible reminders of the victory over death and the gift of life through Christ. By partaking in these elements, believers affirm their participation in the life and immortality that Jesus secured for them.

As they partake, they declare their victory over death, affirming that they are not subject to its power. Through Jesus, believers are made new creations, free from the sting of death and the fear it brings. The gospel invites believers to continually remember Christ’s sacrifice, to speak life and immortality over themselves, and to walk in the fullness of God’s promises.
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