Death: A Servant of Dying Grace
Death: A Servant of Dying Grace
Why do we have this innate, natural fear of death?
Two-sided Coin:
Fear can paralyze.
No fear can disarm.
Why do we have this innate, natural fear of death?
One of the most effective tools to dismantle and enslave people, both Christians and non-Christians, is the fear of death.
Hebrews 2:14
“Who holds the power of death.”
Deuteronomy 32:29
Revelation 1:18
How does the devil hold the power of death?
- Temptations
- Accusations
- Deceptions
- Lies
The author of sin is the author of consequences.
The devil has the power of death but uses the promotion of the fear of death to enslave us.
Hebrews 2:15
We are not made to handle death alone!
God gives us extraordinary grace for this extraordinary Dying Grace.
Biblical View of Death:
- Death is an enemy.
1 Corinthians 15:25–26
1 Corinthians 15:54
Because we were not created to die. . . . .
- Death is a _curse_.
Romans 5:12
Romans 5:21
Death is _conquered_.
1 Corinthians 15:54–57
Death is now a _servant_.
Romans 8:35–39
1 Corinthians 3:21–23
Death is yours the way you are Christ’s.
And you are Christ’s to serve Him and glorify Him.
So it is with death. . . .
Death is your servant in order to glorify your life in Christ.
Like a good and faithful servant who stands before His Master and Lord to give account.
Death is that servant who ushers us into the presence of God and renders a defeated account.
Points to remember:
- Defeated death is now a servant.
- The terrible and frightful enemy (death) has now become a tutor of Heaven.
Even in the enemy’s destruction’s, they are now made to serve the saints!