When Death Became A Mannequin

203 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 2Ti 1:9,10, “ who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 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, (2 Tim 1:9,10) Under the curse of the Law, man is doomed. Without the light of the gospel, there is nothing but darkness and death and damnation awaiting fallen man! And from eternity God has had a plan to redeem the crown of His creation! He assured Adam and Eve that one day He would raise up a Savior from their seed who would crush Satan, who is the antithesis of life! The entire Old Testament held out the promise of salvation and the appearance of a Deliverer to the Patriarchs, and the prophets. Abraham and all others who simply believed this coming promise had it accounted to them as righteousness, and Paul, Timothy, you and I and all other New Testament believers who believe that Jesus Christ was indeed this Deliverer also have it accounted to us as righteousness! This Jesus abolished death! Let's talk about that. The word abolished means to be entirely idle! Entirely! All of it, 100% of death is now idle, powerless to the believer! Think about being completely idle for a moment. Recently, there was a social media craze going around where people seek to shoot a video of themselves and others posing as mannequins. The idea is to remain perfectly still or idle. Some of these videos are amazing, but sooner or later someone is going to move, well since Jesus died and rose from the dead, He has made death permanently idle. Permanently powerless! This victory is summed up in 1Co 15:55-57, "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jesus has turned death into a lifeless mannequin for all who receive Him. Death has been made powerless, abolished and replaced by life and immortality through the light and power of the Gospel. Believe it! Receive it, and live forever!