He Is Risen!/I Serve A Risen Saviour - Hymn And Devotional For Nov 8
He Is Risen! Jesus had to die on the cross of Calvary and shed His blood to pay the full penalty for our sins - but now He is resurrected and lives forevermore. 2 Corinthians 13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. Liveth - ongoing, present tense. Because He lives forever, He is the perfect Saviour and the perfect Mediator between us and our Heavenly Father. Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. I love how even one of Jesus' exhortations to His people was based on knowing that He died and arose, and therefore is able to raise us up as well. We do not need to fear death - we just need to trust in our risen Sav...