Already Won

by | May 17, 2020 | Articles

“So when Jesus had received the vinegar, He said, It has been finished! And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.”  John 19:30   “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction; but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.”  John 16:33   “In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in immersion, in which you also were raised with Him through the faith of the working of God, who raised Him out from the dead.  And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross; having disarmed rulers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.”  Colossians 2:11-15   There is a lot that could be said about this pandemic and the responses of not only the United States government, but governments all around the world.  I’ve heard many arguments and have spent much time thinking on the matter.  However, I will leave the debates as to what wise choices are regarding a new way to die in a world full of death (Heb. 9:27).    One thing I do know is it is now abundantly clear that...