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Oct 3, 2019 · 7. Death Was Never God’s Intent. Scripture tells us God designed humans to live eternally in deep relationship with Him. He created the rest of the universe by a mere command, speaking stars, planets, and oceans into being. But when it came to man, God’s involvement was much more direct and intimate.
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- What Happens If I Die Before the Rapture? When a believer dies, his body goes in the grave and “falls asleep.” But his soul does not sleep; his soul goes to Paradise (2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; Luke 23:43).
- What If My Body Is Cremated? In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul writes, “And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain.
- Can I Lose My Salvation? There is an age-old saying about blood being thicker than water. It points to the strength of family bonds as something more enduring than bonds of friendship.
- Does Everyone Go to Heaven When They Die? One of the defining aspects of heaven is the opportunity to spend eternity with the Man who created us and gave His life to rescue us from the consequences of sin.
- John 14:1-3 ESV / 615 helpful votes. “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
- Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 577 helpful votes. And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- John 11:25 ESV / 510 helpful votes. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
- John 3:16 ESV / 445 helpful votes. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
- Revelation 21:4 ESV / 870 helpful votes. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
- Romans 14:8 ESV / 727 helpful votes. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 633 helpful votes. And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Luke 23:43 ESV / 562 helpful votes. And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Oct 18, 2024 · Answer. The Bible presents death as separation: physical death is the separation of the soul from the body, and spiritual death is the separation of the soul from God. Death is the result of sin. “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23a). The whole world is subject to death because all have sinned. “Sin entered the world through one ...
Nov 2, 2024 · Romans 6:23. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”. This verse contrasts the consequences of sin and the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. It reminds us that sin leads to death, but God’s grace offers us the gift of reconciliation and eternal life.
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Oct 2, 2023 · Death feels unnatural because it is; God did not create us for death but for life. Death was never part of God’s plan; it exists because sin entered the picture. 2. In Death There Is Hope. Death has brought disruption to the life that God intended for his people to live. But all hope is not lost.
