The Word Unleashed - Radio

Paul declares the life-changing truth that Jesus Christ Himself is our true and lasting peace. While the world tries to cure human division through social programs and human wisdom, the Bible reveals that our deepest issue is separation from a holy God because of our sin.

From the moment sin entered the world through Adam in the Garden of Eden, there has been alienation and hostility—both horizontally between people and vertically between every sinner and the triune God of the universe. But as we’ll consider together in our study of Ephesians 2, reconciliation with God is made possible through Jesus Christ, the only mediator between God and man.

Scripture teaches that it is right to grieve the loss of fellow Christians, yet not as those without hope, because death ushers believers into the presence of the risen Christ. Today, we are reminded again from God’s Word that for those who belong to Christ, death is not the end of the journey but the doorway into everlasting joy in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ.

While the Bible calls death an enemy because it separates the soul from the body, it also declares that Jesus Christ has conquered that enemy through His own life, death, burial and resurrection. Today, Pastor Tom continues to explore Scripture to help us discover what it means that Christ now holds “the keys of death,” why believers no longer need to fear death's sting, and how the certainty of Christ's victory gives us true and lasting hope.

Scripture teaches that death is not the end of existence but the separation of the soul from the body. This is illustrated in various ways in the Bible: as sleep, the taking down of a tent, or a ship setting sail for home.