Email from Abiding Place Daily Bread – October 11, 2024 (The Sixth Day – Genesis 1:24-31) Galatians 4:3 – So also with us, when we were infants we were enslaved to the elements of the world. Until Christ Jesus came and broke the power of death, all humankind was enslaved to the elements of the world (1 John 2:16; Romans 5:12; John 15:19). Adam’s disobedience and subsequent death passed to all men, and everyone remained under the condemnation of that judgment. Even though the descendants of Abraham were given the Covenant of the Law, sin and death still reigned. Even under the Law, they walked according to the course of this world and according to the prince and power of the air (Ephesians 2:2). They were all prisoners of a death sentence and enslaved to a dark dominion of death and sin (Romans 5:12). When they would do good, evil was present with them ruling their hearts and minds (Romans 6:17, 7:14, 21; Ephesians 2:13). There was only one who could break the power of death and that was the Only Begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ. God took on the fleshly robes of humanity, and through death, destroyed the one who had the power of death, the devil (Hebrews 2:14; Revelation 1:18). At the cross, Jesus Christ overthrew the powers of darkness and stripped them of their power (Colossians 2:15). Jesus judged the prince of darkness, cast him out, and abolished death (John 12:31, 16:11; 2 Timothy 1:10). Now, all who will believe are translated from the power of darkness into the Kingdom of the dear Son (Colossians 1:13). Sin and death no longer have dominion (Romans 5:21, 6:14-16, 8:2). Now through Christ Jesus, we have received the sonship and reign in this life – all devils and sin being subject to us (Luke 10:19; 1 John 2:13, 4:4-5, 5:18; John 1:12; Galatians 4:5-7; Ephesians 6:10-12; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5; Romans 6:12; Galatians 5:16; John 15:19, 17:14,16). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 10/11/2024
