And I am convinced that nothing can
ever separate us from God’s love. Neither
death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our
worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s
love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed,
nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God
that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 (NLT)
Many people say they’re not afraid of death –
but they are misinformed. Death should
be feared, because death is to be separated from God for eternity. Death isn’t just when you stop breathing, and
you therefore think you don’t have the struggles and worries
anymore. Your soul and your consciousness
are never going to die. And even your
body is going to be resurrected.
The Bible talks of two resurrections.
One is a resurrection to life; the other, resurrection to eternal
death – separation from God.
Jesus came to buy you out of that.
He died for your sins, gave his life on the cross in your place, so that
you can have an eternal life, not eternal death!
There is only one intelligent way to not be
afraid of death – and that is when you have eternal life.
When you are in the Master’s hand, you can look
at death and truly not be afraid, because the hand of death can never
touch you – you will never be separated from the One who loves you more than is
humanly possible.
You will be able to talk to death like 16th
century poet and priest, John Donne did in a poem[1]:
DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art
not so,
For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost
overthrow,
Die not, poore death, nor yet canst
thou kill me.
From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures
bee,
Much
pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,
Rest of
their bones, and soules deliverie.
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and
desperate men,
And
dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell,
And
poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,
And
better than thy stroake; why swell'st thou then;
One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,
And
death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
For the
believer who truly rests it all on Christ, death holds no fear.
For You, Today…
To give your life to Christ is to celebrate the
death of your death!
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