DEATH: What's it all about? (Taken from a booklet by Paul R Van Gorder)

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

Paul R Van Gorder: Our view of death and future destiny, to be satisfying and true, must be rooted in a reverent acceptance of the holy scriptures. Man invents his theories and assumptions. God speaks with definiteness, on the subject of death, and He gives us all the information that He wants us to possess. 

BIBLE USE OF THE WORD:

1. Death is the end of life in the physical realm.

2. Death is called sleep

3. Death is the condition of a person who is not in Christ. Unregenerate man, Unsaved (other terms to be added)

4. Death as eternal separation from God

5. Death, is described in the New Testament as a believer's identy in Christ. (Dead to sin)

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Being Given Over to Death
by Os Hillman, May 1, 2006

For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake.... So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. - 2 Corinthians 4:11-12

It is the great mystery of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Death gives life. Jesus' death on the cross gave life. The death of a vision brings new vision. The death of a seed gives new life. It is the central focus of God's requirement for experiencing Him - death. When Jesus extended us an invitation to experience salvation and a relationship with Him, it came with a great cost, our very lives. Yet what we don't realize is that until we relinquish our total lives, we really aren't living at all. Without this death we will continue to strive, manipulate, and fret over every detail of life. It is when we finally say, "Yes, Lord, I am Yours completely," that we experience real freedom for the first time. This is the only time when Christ is fully seen in and through our lives. Christ describes our lives as vessels-vessels for Him to be revealed in and seen by others.

How is your vessel today? When people look inside, will they see a life that is dead to all things, save the life of Christ revealed? In the workplace, we are faced with challenges each day that seek to instill fear and control at every turn, but Christ says He wants to live through your life in the workplace. He wants to reveal Himself to your fellow workers today. However, He can only do this if our vessel is free of ourselves. Ask Jesus what things must die today in order for Him to live completely in and through you.