Hebrews 2:14 For as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same… I. WHAT THERE IS IN DEATH TO EXCITE SUCH FEAR AS MAY JUSTLY BE TERMED A BONDAGE. 1. Death is an object of fear, from the bodily pains with which it is preceded and attended. 2. Death is an object of fear, because of the consequences which it visibly produces. 3. Death is an object of fear, because it is an event, the precise nature of which is unknown to us. 4. Death is a change which we undergo alone; that is, without the company of earthly friends. 5. Death is an object of fear, inasmuch as it separates the worldly man from all the present sources of his happiness. 6. Death is an object of fear, chiefly because we are Blinkers, and because by it we are introduced into the more immediate presence of the God whom we have offended. II. THE DELIVERANCE WHICH CHRIST HAS ACCOMPLISHED FOR HIS PEOPLE. (James Clason.) Parallel Verses KJV: Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; |
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