"but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel" (II Timothy 1:10).
Through sin came death. By the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, death has been abolished. To abolish means to deprive of force, influence, or power, to render inactive or inoperative. Hallelujah! Jesus is alive and death is abolished!
I love it! Death, man's great enemy rendered inoperative by the Gospel of Jesus, what Easter joy! Without Christ, death ought to be feared. The world pictures death as a threatening figure in a black robe with skeleton hands holding a sickle, looking to harvest souls away from life. With Christ, everything changes, especially death. Matthew Henry described death as 'a kindly messenger coming to bid us to the Father'.
Have you received salvation in Jesus? Could there be a better day to receive eternal life than Resurrection Sunday? Why not bend your knee to His Lordship today? Happy Easter...Jesus is risen...death is abolished!
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