Name the devil's strength. It's death, isn't it? As the wage of sin, death puts us into Satan's grip and guarantees each sinner a cell number in hell's prison.
Now, name someone stronger than death. That has to be Jesus, doesn't it? The third day He rose victorious from the grave. Death couldn't hold Him. He was God's Son - as He professed to be. Sin's payment was finished - as He had proclaimed from the cross. Those who believed in Him would never die - as He had promised.
From As Luther Taught the Word of Truth, page 56.
