Jonathan's Blog

A striking statement.  You may have seen this heading in a recent advert for Marie Curie Cancer Care.  I would commend their work but this message misses some important truths about death by focusing only on our physical condition.

Death itself is unnatural - that is why it is feared so much.  Death is entirely the result of sin - had Adam and Eve not sinned they would still be alive today.   Death and the (un)natural decay of ALL OUR minds and bodies that takes place beforehand is a punishment from God for our sin.  Death is the passing of our souls from 1 existence to another.

Can death ever be good?  Perhaps you see death as the end, a task to be endured before you are gone forever to be no more.  In this light you may say that death is good, a relief from your present existence.  Perhaps from the opposite side you enjoy life so much now, you want to prolong your life to gain maximum pleasure.

But, if you die without first ackowledging God as your Creater and Jesus Christ as your Lord, you will not have a good death.  Whilst death may be the punishment we all receive for our sin, for you this will only be the begininng.  The Bible and Jesus are clear that you will go to Hell, a place completely seperate from God and therefore seperate from every good thing that you have known.  This is a place of eternal torment and suffering - your worst nightmare.

The only hope for a good death is to acknowledge your guilt and need of a Saviour then to trust in Jesus and His death alone to pay your debt to God.  The glories of heaven will then await - an eternity spent in the very presence of God where no bad thing will ever be found.