hehasdeliveredusfromthepowerofdeath Archives • Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“The Lord came fore this reason: to take away the sins of the world; for it is impossible for mankind to get rid of them except through washing them away. Therefore it is necessary for the person who believes not to depart from this world while bearing the old man. As long as a person does not, through faith, kill the old man, bury, and die in him (the old man), then he will go to that place and be punished for his earlier sins.” – St. John Chrysostom #believe #hetrampleddowndeathbyhisdeath #Hehasdeliveredusfromthepowerofdeath #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“The Lord came fore this reason: to take away the sins of the world; for it is impossible for mankind …

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“The whole is from him, the giving both of these things and of those; for no achievement finds its source in us…. Not then so as to deliver man from darkness only did he show his love toward him. It is a great thing indeed to have been delivered from darkness; but to have been brought into a kingdom too is far greater.” – St. John Chrysostom #Hehasdeliveredusfromthepowerofdeath #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #wearerisenwithHim #conquereddeathbydeath #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“The whole is from him, the giving both of these things and of those; for no achievement finds its source …

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