What is the meaning of Hebrews 2:15? And free Jesus came “to free” us—this is the heart of the gospel. His incarnation, death, and resurrection are the great jailbreak. • Hebrews 2:14 says He “shared in their humanity so that by His death He might destroy the one who holds the power of death—that is, the devil.” • John 8:36 affirms, “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” • Galatians 5:1 calls believers to “stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.” Christ’s freedom is not symbolic; it is literal deliverance from a real enemy and a real penalty. Those The ones He frees are people, not angels (Hebrews 2:16). • “He had to be made like His brothers in every way” (Hebrews 2:17). • Isaiah 53:11 foretells that “My righteous Servant will justify many.” • 1 Timothy 2:4 reminds us that God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” Every believer—regardless of background—belongs in this word “those.” Who all their lives The slavery started with birth and lasted until Christ intervened. • Psalm 51:5 acknowledges, “Surely I was brought forth in iniquity.” • Ephesians 2:3 describes unbelievers as “by nature children of wrath.” • Romans 7:24 captures the lifelong groan: “Who will rescue me from this body of death?” Without Christ, the captivity is uninterrupted and unending. Were held in slavery Sin and Satan forged the chains; the Law exposed but could not remove them (Romans 3:20). • Romans 6:6: “Our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless.” • Galatians 4:3 speaks of being “enslaved to the basic principles of the world.” • 2 Peter 2:19 warns, “A man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.” The bondage is real, personal, and oppressive—yet breakable only by Christ. By their fear of death Death’s shadow intimidates every soul apart from Christ. • 1 Corinthians 15:56-57: “The sting of death is sin… But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” • 1 John 4:18: “Perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment.” • Psalm 23:4 pictures the believer walking “through the valley of the shadow of death” without terror because God is present. In Christ, the dread of death is replaced with eager hope (Philippians 1:21). summary Hebrews 2:15 celebrates a literal rescue: Jesus liberates real people from lifelong, soul-deep bondage caused by sin and Satan. The chain is the fear of death; the key is the cross. Because He died and rose, believers live unshackled—free to serve God joyfully now and to face physical death, whenever it comes, with confident expectation of eternal life. |
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