death with its consequences and gained back His Life, for in JOHN 10:17-18 He said “For this [reason] the Father loves Me, because I lay down My [own] life--to take it back again. No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay down voluntarily. [I put it from Myself.] I am authorized and have power to lay it down (to resign it) and I am authorized and have power to take it back again. These are the instructions (orders) which I have received [as My charge] from My Father.” This means that this death of Jesus Christ was for our benefit as COLOSSIANS 2:13-15 [MSG] says “When you were stuck in your old sin--dead life, you were incapable of responding to 102
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