LUKE 1:74,75
74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Through the cross and resurrection of Jesus, believers were delivered from the enemy of the law of sin and death. The enmity was taken out of the way. Nailed to the cross. Principalities and powers were disarmed by the cross. Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. The powers that be - the puppets of the dark powers behind the scenes - may be allowed to continue their parody, until the end. Jesus is reigning, waiting for all things to be put under Him. And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.
So believers serve God without fear, in holiness and righteousness, all the days of their life, with a sense that the victory has been won and inaugurated, with the assurance that they've obtained it, and that it will be completed and consummated at Christ's second coming, even if in the meantime they suffer persecution.
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