triumph in Christ." Always! Victory
Himself is living on the inside of you,
me and every bornagain child of God.
Let's read Hebrews 2:14-15
14 FORASMUCH THEN AS THE
CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH
AND BLOOD, HE ALSO HIMSELF
LIKEWISE TOOK PART OF THE SAME;
THAT THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT
DESTROY HIM THAT HAD THE POWER
OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL;
15 AND DELIVER THEM WHO THROUGH
FEAR OF DEATH WERE ALL THEIR
LIFETIME SUBJECT TO BONDAGE.:
Let's look at those verses in the
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition:
14 SINCE, THEREFORE, [THESE HIS]
CHILDREN SHARE IN FLESH AND
BLOOD [IN THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF
HUMAN BEINGS], HE [HIMSELF] IN A
SIMILAR MANNER PARTOOK OF THE
SAME [NATURE], THAT BY [GOING
THROUGH] DEATH HE MIGHT BRING TO
NOUGHT AND MAKE OF NO EFFECT HIM
WHO HAD THE POWER OF
DEATH—THAT IS, THE DEVIL—
15 AND ALSO THAT HE MIGHT DELIVER
AND COMPLETELY SET FREE ALL THOSE
WHO THROUGH THE [HAUNTING] FEAR
OF DEATH WERE HELD IN BONDAGE
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COURSE OF
THEIR LIVES.
The devil had the power of death.
Jesus stripped him of all his power.
We just read that in 1 Corinthians
15:54-57. Being brought to nought
means that he has been reduced to
zero! Now let's look at those same
verses in the King James Version:
54 SO WHEN THIS CORRUPTIBLE SHALL
HAVE PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS
MORTAL SHALL HAVE PUT ON
IMMORTALITY, THEN SHALL BE BROUGHT
TO PASS THE SAYING THAT IS WRITTEN,
DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY.
55 O DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING? O
GRAVE, WHERE IS THY VICTORY?
56 THE STING OF DEATH IS SIN; AND THE
STRENGTH OF SIN IS THE LAW.
57 BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHICH
GIVETH US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST.