What is the thing that comes to your mind first when you attend a funeral ceremony? Why is it that you spend a sleepless night after watching a horror movie? Ghosts & vampires.... Why so many disturbing thoughts lurk in your mind as you lie in a hospital? If you go for a blood test & find yourself positive for HIV or cancer, what is the reason you start screaming? Is it the disease or the death that ensues???? Why do you feel sorry for a friend's death or suicide? Advertantly or inadvertantly, the culprit is the fear of death, something which is sure to occur, some day or the other. For unbelievers, death is the end of all that this life, their only hope, has to offer. It is a horrible moment for them. But for true believers in Christ, death is a glorious event, freedom from this life of suffering & persecution. It marks the beginning of a new birth for a new life which is eternal. It is a moment of victory & joy beyond comprehension. All human beings, believers & unbelievers alike, have a natural inclination towards being afraid of death. It is an attribute of the human flesh, the physical body, because by death it will lose its nourishment. But the soul rejoices or grieves, depending on whether he had believed or not. When Christ resurrected, He overcame death & hell. Same will be for true believers. But for those who lay their foundation on the worldy treasures, money, skills, family, fame, identity, & so on which are only temporary, they will be shaken off along with these 'treasures'. They will be subdued by death. So lay your foundation on Jesus,the rock. All the rest is sinking sand. He is the alpha & the omega, the beginning & the end. Those who trust in Him alone, although they die, WILL LIVE. So are you afraid of death anymore????
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