Easter Means We Can Live With God (Hebrews 2:10-15)
Gary McManus, 04/20/2014Part of the Why Hell? series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Luke 21:33, Revelation 21:1, 1 John 4, Joseph, Genesis 39:9
Jesus died, Mark 14:33-47
According to the New Testament, the central thing Jesus did was drive out the “prince of this world” (John 12:31). He came to “destroy the works of the devil” (I John 3:8). He came to “destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil” in order to “free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death” (Hebrews. 2:14-15). Jesus lived, died and rose again to establish a new reign that would ultimately “put all his enemies under his feet” (1 Corinthians 15:25). Though “the strong man” was “fully armed,” one who was “stronger than he” had finally arrived who could attack and overpower him” (Luke 11:21-22). While the cosmic “thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy,” Jesus came into the world to vanquish the thief so that all “may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). Jesus “disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them…” (Colossians 2:15). In a word, Jesus came to end the cosmic war that had been raging from time immemorial and to set Satan’s captives free ( Luke 4:18; Ephesians 4:8). All Christ’s activity is therefore a conflict with the Devil (Acts 10:38)
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