"விதைகளின் உள்ளே" 🌳
"Inside the Seeds" 🌳
📖 AATHAVAN
Bible Meditation – No. 1882 🔆 Friday,
April 03, 2026
"Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him." (Romans 6:8)
Unlike the history of other men in this world, Christ’s story did not end with His death. He was not merely buried; He was sown. Just as He said while He was alive on this earth, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (John 12:24), He was sown as a grain of wheat.
Consequently, His life became a source of great fruitfulness after His death. His death serves to explain that "sin has died and no longer has power in the world." When we place true faith in Christ, He forgives our sins. Our human nature, which is inclined toward sin, dies with Him. Therefore, "knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin" (Romans 6:6).
This is the message that the death of Christ brings to us. However, when Good Friday arrives today, many appear with downcast faces as if someone in their own family has passed away. They weep with intense emotion. Dearly beloved, the death of Christ is a reminder that we have died to sin; it is an experience we must strive to attain.
When a person dies, the members of their body no longer function, do they? A person whose organs no longer function cannot commit sin, can they? In the same way, a person united with Christ shall live. Yes, dear ones, it is essential that we unite ourselves in the likeness of the Christ who died. "For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection" (Romans 6:5).
Only if we have died to sin will we be united in the likeness of Christ’s resurrected glory. Indeed, the death of Christ is not something over which we should wail and lament today. That is why, when Jesus was carrying the cross and women followed Him weeping, He turned to them and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children" (Luke 23:28).
It is through the death of Christ that we become worthy of eternal life. Therefore, it is necessary for us to unite ourselves with His death. The Christ who lived, died, and rose again two thousand years ago is no longer in the grave; He is alive. Yes, "For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God" (Romans 6:10).
We have no need to weep for Him who is alive. The Lord Jesus Christ says: "I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades" (Revelation 1:18). It is He, who lives forevermore, who can deliver us from our sins.
Divine Message: Bro. M. Geo Prakash
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