Posts by Lucas Bitter

God has not “cheated death.” God has not “robbed the grave.” God has not “found a way around death,” or “provided an alternative option to death.” God has swallowed up death forever! Death is gone… because sin is gone.”

Lord Jesus, you are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took upon yourself what was mine, and set upon me what was yours. You became what you were not, so that I might become what I was not.

In the sacrament of Communion, Jesus takes the spiritual and makes it physical. He takes the unseen and makes it seen. He takes his true body and blood, the forgiveness of sins he has won for all mankind, and makes it into something we can touch, and hold, and taste, and see….

When times get hard, it is far too easy for us to slide off the bandwagon, and step quietly away from Jesus. But thankfully we have a Savior who never steps away from us…