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FINAL
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SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS
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SPIRITUAL
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SPIRITUAL
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ON DEATH
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Wouldn’t
you think a man a prize fool if he burst into tears because he
didn’t live a thousand years ago? A man is as much a fool
for shedding tears because he isn’t going to be alive a thousand
years from now.
--LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA (C. 4 B.C.–A.D. 65)
Why
is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is
because we are not the person involved.
--MARK TWAIN (1835–1910)
What
is the Lord saying? There’s only one message: “Trust
me. Even when you don’t understand and can’t comprehend:
trust me!”
—E. V. Hill on the death of his wife
When
I die, I should like to slip out of the room without fuss—for
what matters is not what I am leaving, but where I am going.
--WILLIAM BARCLAY (1907–1978)
When
I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies
in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate
desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a
tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tombs
of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for
those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those
who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side,
or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and
disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little
competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
--JOSEPH ADDISON (1672–1719)
You
have laughed God out of your schools, out of your books, and out
of your life, but you cannot laugh him out of your death.
--DAGOBERT RUNES
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BIBLICAL
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ON DEATH
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Death
may be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented
in various ways in Scripture:
(1) “For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit
will return to God who gave it.” (Eccl. 12:7 NLT).
(2) “If you turned your back,
they'd die in a minute—
Take back your Spirit and they die,
revert to original mud” (Ps. 104:29 MsgB).
(3) It is the dissolution of “our earthly tent” (2 Cor.
5:1); the “this earthly dwelling” (2 Pet. 1:13, 14).
(4) Being “unclothed” (2 Cor. 5:3, 4).
(5) “Falling on sleep” (Ps. 76:5; Jer. 51:39; Acts 13:36;
2 Pet. 3:9.
(6) “I shall not return” (Job 10:21); “Remind me
of my short time on earth” (Ps. 39:4); “to depart”
(Phil. 1:23).
The grave is represented as “the gates of death” (Job
38:17; Ps. 9:13; 107:18). The gloomy silence of the grave is spoken
of under the figure of the “shadow of death” (Jer. 2:6).
Death is the effect of sin (Heb. 2:14), and not a “debt of
nature.” It is but once (Heb. 9:27), universal (Gen. 3:19),
necessary (Luke 2:28-30). Jesus has by his own death taken away
its sting for all his followers (1 Cor. 15:55-57).
There is a spiritual death in trespasses and sins, i.e., the death
of the soul under the power of sin (Rom. 8:6; Eph. 2:1, 3; Col.
2:13).
The “second death” (Rev. 2:11) is the fate of the those
who decide against God (Rev. 21:8).
THE DEATH OF CHRIST is the source of
blessing on earth. But specially it is the source of the actual
salvation of those who trust Christ. It does not make our salvation
merely possible, but certain (Matt. 18:11; Rom. 5:10; 2 Cor. 5:21;
Gal. 1:4; Gal. 3:13; Eph. 1:7; Eph. 2:16; Rom. 8:32-35).
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