LET’S DISARM DEATH
Hebrews 11: 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
1. The power of death Was in Satan’s Hand
Hebrews 2:14 |
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;
2. T he fear of death Was the sinners bondage
Revelation 2:10 |
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
3. The suffering of death The Saviour’s experience
James 5:10 |
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
4. By fall of man the Devil Gained power.
Zechariah 3:2 |
And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
5. By conscience of man, the dread of death abides
Deuteronomy 2:25 |
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
6. By the cross of Christ the devil is disarmed.
Colossians 2:14 |
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
2 Timothy 2:26 |
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
7. In the victory of Christ people are delivered.
1 Corinthians 15:3 |
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1 Chronicles 29:11 |
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Isaiah 25:8 |
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
1 John 5:4 |
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
