Death is not the end! Those who believe in God will never die?

Little Children, I have been reading your comments regarding death. The Bible says that death is the enemy and was passed down by the sinful or Adamic nature of Adam and Eve... But the good news is Jesus conquered Death, he paid the ultimate sacrifice of his life, shedding his blood to redeem us from the penalty of sin, giving us the choice of salvation and Eternal Life...

Because we have been given free will it is for us to chose to follow Christ or our own selfish sinful will, one ending in Paradise the other in Hell. Their is a price to pay, the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ the Lord....

As for myself I experienced the Lord during my childhood.. I accepted Jesus as my Savior and since then have experienced spiritual warfare, a battle for the soul so to speak... The closer we get to God the more Satan tries to destroy our faith.. He knows our weakness, Satan is called a thief who comes to kill, steal and destroy not only our bodies but our faith.. One of his warfare tactics is Fear, fear of living, fear of dying...

Within the last 2 and one half years my worse fears have came true. My nephew died of cardiac arrest at 29 unexpectedly.. He had an appointment to see a Cardiologist the day after he died.. 10 months later I lost his mother, my baby sister due to an enlarged Thymus Gland they say. I don't believe her death was natural, I believe she was helped out of this world... She met a man who called himself a pastor and befriended her on a site similar to this one... She made the mistake of trusting him.. I am in no way degrading the Church... The church he attended asked for his resignation after they investigated the evidence.. However, I am still struggling with her death, I have many unanswered questions... Please don't place your trust in people until you get to know them. The Bible says you know a tree by the fruit it bears, don't take people at face value...

Just this last May I lost my Dad to Congestive Heart Failure and Alzheimer’s.. This was another battle I had to fight... I knew my Dad was a Christian as my nephew and sister but his last days on this earth were prolonged with misery... He was in a rest home and sedated to keep him from disturbing other patients with his cries and prayers to God.. The sedative help him to sleep through his meals and weakened his heart more..The end result was he starved to death. The medical profession implies starvation and dehydration is a natural way to go but it is painful... They will tell you that the appetite is the last function to leave... Alzheimer’s patients will eat if they are fed. Consider this when you trust your loved ones to a nursing facility.. Plates are brought in and carried out without assisting the helpless...

Death is painful to see and experience. I know that I could not have survived such losses had it not been for the Lord... Jesus said I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob long after they were dead... At the Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah stood beside the Lord... Knowing this I believe, Those who believe in the Lord never die. The word of God gives comfort in a time of death taking away the doubt and fear... The apostle Paul says it like this, paraphrasing... He would rather be absent from the body, (his flesh) and be present with the Lord...He believed the flesh dies, decays but the inner person, soul, spirit everything encompassing the person he was ascended to be with the Lord and he looked forward to the Resurecton of his flesh one day... He knew his body of clay was temporary and his reward was waiting as do all those who believe in the Word of God...

Jesus is the way the truth and life... No man can come to the father but by him.. He holds the keys to heaven and hell.. Believe him..! We have two paths to choose from, a path to follow his word which came to life in the flesh of his son, or the self centered will of Satan himself.

There is no fear in death when you know where you are going... However Death is to be feared when you are not saved..

This reality is not the end but the beginning... Do not wait, repent for we are not promised tomorrow, Tomorrow my never come... I know this all to well.. I had no chance to say goodbye.... Knowing this should make us fear God for he has the power to kill the body and cast the soul in hell. This is no laughing matter, It is serious...

Jesus won victory over Satan and broke the chains of bondage and death.. He loved us when we were yet sinners, before we were born he knew us when we were in our mothers womb... He knows how many hairs are on our head... He took our punishment on the cross... Why not trust his love today and believe his words... He is abundant life on earth and in Heaven..... Why not follow him, the Shepherd of the Sheep... His Children...