John 5:24 (NRSV)
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Verse 24Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Devotion
Our lives are shadowed by death. We try to run and hide but death is all too real. The morning paper with its obituary column is a stark reminder of death’s power. As we look in this season to the cross, we remember that death came even to the Son of God. But the final truth for all who hear and trust in Jesus, and in the one eternal God whom he reveals, is that we have already passed from death to life. The shadow of death is broken by the light eternal that shines from the cross.
Prayer
Dear Jesus, may we walk each day knowing that while we are shadowed by death, through you we have already stepped out of the shadow into your eternal promise. Amen.