For some fear just the thought of death. The importance of the fear of death to Christians and non-Christians could simply be the lack of knowledge of the love of Christ Jesus. Should a true Christian fear death? May it never be! If we as Christians know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we are no longer slaves to sin (Romans 6:6). We should understand that we live with Christ, this leads me to the first part of the question Does death end life?
Does death end life? For a non-Christian death ends life permanently. Two facts that prove death ends life for a non-Christian. First, we must see what sin is and what it results in. Sin separates you from God and whatever is not with God is thrown into the lake of fire which is death. In Romans 6:23 for the wages of sin is death.
Second, we are slaves to the one whom we obey either sin resulting in death or obedience resulting in righteousness. So we see sin is equivilaent to death and the opposite of life is death.
To answer the second part of this two fold question. Does death create life? For Christians physical death here in earth certainly creates life. Two facts that prove that physical death here on earth creates life.
First fact that proves that physical death for Christians creates life is found in Romans 6:3. Do we not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were also baptized into His death. So we see that we have died with Christ and if we have died with Christ we are united with Him in His likeness. From the death to the ressurection. We can clearly see the concept dying as Christ died and then being raised to life as Christ lives on today and forever more amen.
Second, as Christians are living their life for Christ and being raised from the dead know that death is no longer master over them. Just as it stated in Romans 6:10 the death Christ died was once and for all as goes the same for Christians, we die once and that is the physical death and then because we live our life for Christ we are raised and never to die again. So depending on who you are living for answers the question who is master over you which is m either death or life and if life is master over you there is nothing to fear.
Death is a long venture which one cannot escape. Eternally mastered by death and never to rule over in any sense. Death is master to non- Christians and to those who are unfaithful. Make the right choice for who to life for.
Quinton" Life is Good" Decker
May grace and Peace be with you all
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