Acts 2:42-"God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it."
Death is too strong of an enemy to overcome. Death destroys all the beauty and hope of man. No matter how much you try to wrestle him, no matter how much try to fight against him, you are going to lose. But their is one who faced death head on and defeated him at his strongest place. Death laid his hands on the Lord Jesus Christ. But death can only lay his hands on the guilty, he cant lay his hand on the innocent. Death had no right to claim anyone who it doesn't have the right to claim.Therefore, Jesus broke the authority of death because he was innocent. That is why as the Scriptures say it was not possible for Jesus to be held by death, hell, or the grave. On the third day, Jesus rose from the grave, and today he is Alive.
He is no longer in the tomb, but on the throne!
The Resurrection of Jesus is the heart of Gospel, you can't preach the Gospel without preaching the Resurrection of Jesus. You might ask what makes Jesus different and why should I listen to and believe in him opposed to the founders of other world religions. Its simple, they lived, they died, they are dead. Jesus lived, Jesus died, and Jesus rose again! Their is no need for you to follow a loser, Jesus is the ONLY one who defeated mans greatest enemy who is death and he is the ONLY one who offer's humanity the free gift of eternal life and forgiveness of sins! I am everlastingly thankful I have this Gospel to preach! I am thankful that it doesn't all end with death.! I am thankful Jesus has given me a hope that is steadfast and sure.
1 Corinthians 15:55-57-"“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
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