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Through guilt all our strength would fail, Our sinful hearts did fear him. Therefore Death did gain the day, And lead in triumph us away, Henceforth to dwell imprisoned. Hallelujah! Now Jesus Christ, the Son of God, For our defence hath risen. Our grievous guilt He hath removed, And Death hath bound in prison. All his might Death must forego.
Strong in the Lord of hosts, and in His Mighty Power, Who in the strength of Jesus is more than conqueror. Send then in His great might, with all His strength endued, But take, to arm you for the fight, the panoply of God; That, having all things done, and all your conflicts passed, Ye may o'ercome through Christ alone and stand entire at last.
And Christ is Lord indeed. Stand up! Stand up for Jesus! The trumpet call obey, Forth to the mighty conflict In this his glorious day. Ye that are men now serve him Against unnumbered foes: Let courage rise with danger, And strength to strength oppose. Stand up! Stand up for Jesus! Stand in his strength alone; The arm of flesh will fail you
Soon after his death, Jesus' followers believed he was raised from death by God and exalted to divine status as Lord "at God's 'right hand'," [52] which "associates him in astonishing ways with God." [53] [m] According to Hurtado, powerful religious experiences were an indispensable factor in the emergence of this Christ-devotion. [55]
Then said Jesus unto him, "Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword". New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword". New International Version (NIV)
The image of the grain of wheat dying in the earth in order to grow and bear a harvest can be seen also as a metaphor of Jesus' own death and burial in the tomb and his resurrection. [2] The Rev. William D. Oldland in his sermon "Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls into the Earth and Dies" said: This parable is used by Jesus to teach them three things.
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The resurrection of Jesus (Biblical Greek: ἀνάστασις τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, romanized: anástasis toú Iēsoú) is the Christian event that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day [note 1] after his crucifixion, starting – or restoring [web 1] [note 2] – his exalted life as Christ and Lord.