Shalom,
This from Faith To Faith by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland is VITAL for every born again believer to really get a handle on!
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels
for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace
of God should taste death for every man.
– Hebrews 2:9
Death. It's not a popular topic--even among believers. In fact,
a great many are just plain scared of it. Oh yes, they talk about having
eternal life. Yet when the devil tries to threaten their earthly survival with
sickness or calamity, they panic. Why? Because they haven't learned to look at death through God's
eyes. Even though their spirit has been made immortal, they haven't renewed
their minds to include that truth. If they had, when the devil tried to push
their panic button, they'd just laugh and say, "You can't scare me, devil.
I've done all the dying I'm ever going to do!"
That's true, you know. The Word of God says that you, as a
born-again believer, are never going to see death (John 8:51). Jesus has been
your substitute. He suffered death, so you wouldn't have to. And when He was
raised, Hebrews 2:14-15 says, "He destroyed him that had the power of
death, that is, the devil; And delivered them who through fear of death were
all their lifetime subject to bondage."
If you've made Jesus the Lord of your life, the only death
you'll ever experience is behind you now. It occurred the instant you received
Christ. At that moment, your old self--the one whose nature was to sin and
rebel against God--died. Your body didn't die, but your spirit man--the real
you-- died to Satan and all of his works. You became "a new creature"
(2 Cor. 5:17), immortal and absolutely incapable of death! When you're finished with your work on the earth, you're not
going to die. You'll simply shed your earthly shell and relocate to a far more
glorious place. Go to the Word and get God's perspective on death. Make a study
of it. Once the reality of your immortality begins to dawn on you, the devil
will never be able to threaten you with it again.
AMEN!!! Until we no long fear physical "death", which is simply the separation of our spirit and soul from this physical body and a relocating to the Heaven of the Bible (for BELIEVERS!), we will continue to be bound by all the fear the enemy can throw at us! When we know and understand that WE have the choice in this life, and that the enemy has NO authority to take this life from us (Philippians 1:21-25 AMP), THEN we will truly live and accomplish what God has put us here on this earth, at this very time in HIS STORY, to do! HALLELUJAH! Remember, GOD has NOT given you that spirit of fear that sometimes harasses you (2 Timothy 1:7)! Fear is a spirit and it comes from the enemy to TRY thwart your ministry (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)! REFUSE him! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Beneath The Waters (I Will Rise)":Shalom in Him!
