Don’t Fear Death!
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and
the life. He who believes in Me, though he
may die, he shall live.”
John 11: 25
In 2017, Inc. magazine published research on what Americans fear the
most. Number one on the list was corrupt government officials; number
48 was death. The problem with annual surveys is they tend to reflect
what people fear most at the moment rather than what they fear in the
grand scheme of things.
Also, people tend to fear what they have the most knowledge
about or experience with. Because death is not considered a “clear
and present danger” to most people, it’s “out of sight, out of mind.”
But death is coming for us all (except those Christians who are
alive at Rapture of the Church). And there's no reason to fear
it. Jesus said that those who believe in Him “shall never die”
(John 11:26). How can that be?
It’s true because those who believe in Him have eternal
life today. Eternal life doesn’t begin when we die physically;
it begins when we believe spiritually in Christ (John 17:3).
It has been well said, “Until we’re ready to die, we’re
not ready to live.” Make sure you are living eternally
today through faith in Christ.
"Those who have welcomed
Christ may welcome death."
Matthew Henry
