Pensamento:
Aí vão as boas novas: se nós morremos com Cristo, já passamos pela morte que realmente importa. Nossas vidas estão unidas com a dele e assim compartilharemos na Sua glória quando ele voltar (Colossenses 3:1-4). Nem a morte pode nos separar da presença dele nas nossas vidas (Romanos 8:35-39) porque recebemos a vitória sobre a morte através de Cristo Jesus nosso Senhor (1 Coríntios 15:55-57). Não temos que temer a segunda morte (Apocalipse 2:11; 20:6), porque já passamos da morte a vida (João 5:24).
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
So, here's the great news: if we have died with Christ through faith and baptism, we've already died the one death that really matters. Our lives are joined with Jesus' life, so we can be confident that we will share in the Lord's glory when he returns (Colossians 3:1-4). Even death cannot separate us from Jesus' presence in our lives (Romans 8:35-39) because we have been given the victory over death through Christ Jesus our Lord (1 Corinthians 15:55-57). We do not have to fear the future judgment or the second death because we have already passed over from death into life (John 5:24). As Paul so confidently states, "We will certainly also be united with [Jesus] in his resurrection"!
Oração:
Quem me libertara deste corpo de morte? Graças a Deus – através de Jesus Cristo nosso Senhor! Amém. (Romanos 7:24-25) || Veja a imagem especial em http://www.iluminalma.com/img/il_romanos6_5.html
My Prayer...
Paul exclaimed with a prayer we can repeat: "Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God — through Jesus Christ our Lord!" Thanks be to God for this gift too wonderful for words to describe or our mortal lives to limit! Amen, and hallelujah! (Romans 7:24-25)
