When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him. Do you believe this?”įor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. Comforting Bible Verses about Death for Those Dying in Christįor I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.īehold! I tell you a mystery. My hope is that the encouraging Scripture passages I share below will lift your spiritual eyes heavenward as you wait to go home to Jesus. ”Oh, the sweet life of a Christian that hath made his peace with God! He is fit for all conditions: for life, for death, for everything.” Richard Sibbes While we still face the physical consequences of living in a fallen world, death, we can set our hope in the promises of God through Jesus Christ, and rest secure knowing heaven awaits those who die in Christ. While death is no longer an enemy for a believer in Jesus Christ, it remains difficult for the dying and their loved ones.ĭeath is the result of sin in the world, and without the hope of a Savior to forgive us for our sins, we are under the wrath of God.īut thanks be to God that He sent His only Son to die for our sins and rise again to give believers eternal life in Jesus Christ (John 3:16). On March 22, 2016, at exactly 12 pm, my mom went to be with the Lord.
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