Gospel of John - John 8.48-59

Jobey McGinty

It is natural and normal to fear or have some kind of anxiety over the thought of death, be it our own or of our loved ones.  We fear the separation, or maybe the mystery of it. But Jesus gives a radical promise, that those who keep His Word will never see death. It is as if we pass from one room into the next; it is the difference between being hit by a truck or being hit by the shadow of a truck. If our old self has been crucified with Him, we know that we also be raised like Him. Just as death has no power over Him, we know that death has no power over us.