Davar Kingdom Of God

Like light and darkness, death and life are contrary to each other, and cannot coexist. Where death reigns, life is not there. But if we reign in life, death cannot bother us any more. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ (Rom 5:17). In order to understand this truth, we need to realize, first, that all the struggles we are going through in our life are struggles against death. “Death” in the above scripture doses not merely mean physical death—cessation of our life on earth. No, “death” in the Bible is spiritual, and it includes all kinds of other effects, both mental and physical, that this death brings. Sin is one type of such effects, and sickness is another. The above scripture says, “death reigned through that one man.” If so, how did it reign? The story of Cain and Abel in Gen 4 is a good one to learn