Death came to man through Adam and Eve - Genesis 3:2-3;17,19 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
Man became sinful through the original sin of Adam and Eve, the wages of which is death - both physical and spiritual death. Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jesus demonstrated through His ministry that He had authority over life and death. In Mark 11:12-14; 20-21, we read of how by the words of Jesus, death came to a fig tree. Jesus virtually took the life of the fig tree. This was a demonstration of His power over life and death.
The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.
In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”
He also raised the dead in His Earthly Ministry : Jesus raised the son of the widow of Nain from the dead (Luke 7:11-15).
Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Luke 8:41, 42, 49-55).
Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-44).
Then, He died a painful death on the cross. It was unbelievable, after having said in John 11:25 - “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; However, though He died, He conquered death, for on the third day He rose from the dead - (Matt. 28:5-8; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5, 6).
Also, many saints rose from the dead at the resurrection of Jesus (Matt. 27:50-53).
Jesus demonstrated in life and death that He was Lord over life and death. 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.
We must no longer fear death as the wages of sin, for Christ has saved us, and in the place of death, we have gained eternal life. We can speak to dead situations in our life, just like Jesus did to Lazarus, and bring life to them. We can also speak death to unfruitfulness in our life, and like the fig tree, put an end to any unfruitfulness.
To be alive in Christ Jesus means to live is Christ and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21 , For Jesus has conquered the power of sin, the grave and death.
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