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- Ultimately, the role of faith in Christian beliefs about death is to provide a sense of hope, comfort, and purpose in the face of mortality. It allows believers to approach death with a sense of peace and confidence, knowing that their eternal destiny is secure. For Christians, faith and the afterlife are closely intertwined concepts.
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Apr 22, 2020 · God has so designed us that death is unnatural to us. We were meant to live and the human body fights death all the way. The final breath on earth seems so final, yet for the Christian it’s just the beginning! For those of us who are left, we feel the pang of death, and real emptiness.
Sep 20, 2021 · How then should Christians think about death—their own death, to start with? Physical death is the outward sign of that eternal separation from God that is the Creator’s judgment on sin. That separation will only become deeper and more painful through the milestone event of dying, unless saving grace intervenes.
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Jan 4, 2022 · The resurrection of Jesus Christ is important as a testimony to the resurrection of human beings, which is a basic tenet of the Christian faith. Unlike other religions, Christianity has a Founder who transcends death and promises that His followers will do the same.
- Why Do People Die?
- Two Christian Views of Death
- Is Death Spiritual, Physical, Or Both?
- What We Should Expect in The Afterlife
- Were Humans Created Immortal?
- Exiled from The Garden: Gift Or Punishment?
- Why The Theology of Death Matters
Simply put, people die because of sin. Our first human parents, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God. The result? Well, their sinful choice had many ramifications, but the immediate result was their ousting from the Garden of Eden. If they had not sinned, they would have remained in the Garden, where they could have been able to avoid death. When we examine...
There are two distinct ways that Christians should view death, but they are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Both of these ways to view death are important and valuable.
Earlier in this article I cited Rom. 6:23, wherein the apostle Paul says “the wages of sin is death.” This has led some people to argue that the only punishment for sin is physical death, and that there is no punishment in the afterlife. Unfortunately, proponents of that view seem to have misunderstood what the apostle Paul means. Certainly, physic...
This is a very important question, and the answer totally depends on your faith in Jesus… or lack thereof.
Inevitably, when the topic of death is discussed, the questions related to immortality come up. There are a few caveats that sometimes make me feel like this line of questioning is impossible to answer. But I’ll give it my best shot. Were Adam and Eve created mortal or immortal? If Adam and Eve had never sinned, they would have never physically die...
God is so gracious, he did not want humans to live forever in this wicked broken sinful state. Therefore, God exiled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, to keep them from eating from the tree of life. This act would ensure their physical death and give them the opportunity to be rescued from this sinful state. God did not want humans living forev...
Understanding what God and the Bible teach us about death impacts the life of a believer in 3 specific ways:
Jan 22, 2020 · Death is not a natural part of life as God intended it. It is the unnatural result of evil. And yet through Jesus’ death and resurrection, God has removed the ultimate sting of death, which explains the appropriate sense of peace and triumph that accompanies grief at a Christian’s memorial service.
Jan 23, 2006 · The historic Christian view has always been that God will one day raise our bodies from the dead. For example, the Apostles Creed, accepted by all branches of Christianity for over fifteen-hundred years, states, "I believe . . . in the resurrection of the body."
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Sep 13, 2023 · We present this catechism (or primer) on death and dying by Dr. Ewan Goligher and pastor Kyle Hackmann. With the advent of MAID or euthanasia becoming legal in Canada, Christians need to re-examine how they think about death and dying.
