DEATH IS NOT THE END By Billy Joe Daugherty

The Sting of Death Is Sin

What does this mean? Sin produces death. It is a sting that results in death if it is not removed. People who haven’t given their lives to Christ do not have any hope for eternal salvation. They only hope that God will allow them to go to heaven. Many try to build up a stockpile of good works, hoping their good deeds will open the gates of heaven for them.

However, there is only one pathway that leads to heaven. If they do not take it, they are destined to spend eternity in hell, separated from God.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23

No one would have any hope of spending eternity in heaven had it not been for Jesus. He paid the wages of sin for mankind. He died so you might live! The moment you accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, you receive God’s forgiveness. Your sins are cleansed, and the sting is removed! Your spirit receives the gift of eternal life.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2Corinthians 5:17

Your spirit man is recreated when you become born again. The stain of sin that separated you from God is now washed clean. The old nature of sin is gone, and a new Godnature has entered your heart.

 

The Sting of Death Is Sin

What does this mean? Sin produces death. It is a sting that results in death if it is not removed. People who haven’t given their lives to Christ do not have any hope for eternal salvation. They only hope that God will allow them to go to heaven. Many try to build up a stockpile of good works, hoping their good deeds will open the gates of heaven for them.

However, there is only one pathway that leads to heaven. If they do not take it, they are destined to spend eternity in hell, separated from God.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23

No one would have any hope of spending eternity in heaven had it not been for Jesus. He paid the wages of sin for mankind. He died so you might live! The moment you accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, you receive God’s forgiveness. Your sins are cleansed, and the sting is removed! Your spirit receives the gift of eternal life.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2Corinthians 5:17

Your spirit man is recreated when you become born again. The stain of sin that separated you from God is now washed clean. The old nature of sin is gone, and a new Godnature has entered your heart.

 

Right With God

You also become righteous in the eyes of God. You receive your righteousness the same way you received salvation—by faith. Unrighteousness brings fear, inferiority, and condemnation. But righteousness produces faith, courage, and freedom from guilt.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21

The gift of righteousness is available to all who call upon the name of Jesus in faith. It is as close as your heart and mouth. This means that you believe you are righteous and that you don’t allow anyone to make you feel unrighteous. If thoughts of condemnation or inferiority flood your mind, you overcome them by speaking aloud what the Word says about your righteousness.
The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:8-10

 

Death Has No Sting for You!

When you invite Jesus into your heart to be your Lord and Savior, you have received the gift of eternal life and enter into the kingdom of God! When the time comes for you, or someone you know, to cross over into heaven, you don’t have to be fearful.

-DEATH IS NOT THE END

DEATH IS NOT THE END By Billy Joe Daugherty

What Happens When Life on Earth Is Over By Billy Joe Daugherty

Death Is Not the End

People are often saddened and sometimes overwhelmed with grief at the loss of a loved one or a friend. During these times, God’s Word will give you comfort when nothing else can. However, when you understand what the Bible has to say about death, you will view it as a short separation from the one you love instead of a great loss.

Jesus said:
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. John 11:25,26

Dying does not end a person’s life. Jesus said that the person who believes in Him, even though he died, would continue to live. What does this mean? Man is not just a physical, fleshly being. Man is a three-part being. A person is a spirit who lives in a body and has a soul (mind, will, and emotions). The spiritual part of man is an eternal being. At the moment someone dies, his physical body ceases to have life. But the spiritual part of a person leaves the body and goes to its eternal destination, either heaven or hell.

The spirit of a person who knows Jesus as his or her Lord and Savior goes directly to heaven when the physical body dies. The Apostle Paul explains it like this.
For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:7,8

In these verses, Paul showed us that he was not afraid to die. He knew that when he died, his spirit would leave his body and he would go to be with Jesus. Your spirit is the real you. The Bible refers to the spirit of a person as the inner man (Eph.3:16), hidden man of the heart (1 Peter 3:4), and the heart (Matt. 22:37).

 

Death Has No Sting

Many people fear death because it is unknown. In other words, it is beyond the visible realm. There have been some people, however, who have had “near- death” experiences and have been able to come back to tell what happened to them. While the experiences vary from person to person, those who knew Jesus as their Lord when they died often talk of feelings of absolute peace. If they died from a sickness, they no longer suffered from the pain of that illness.

Some who have seen heaven but were called back to earth didn’t want to return. They wanted to stay in heaven. Here is what the Apostle Paul had to say about death.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, sin came into the world; and as a result of sin, death also entered the earth. For those who have not made Jesus the Lord of their lives, the thought of death can be frightening. For the Christian, however, death no longer has a “sting” because Jesus bore the sins of the world when He died on the cross.
He personally bore our sins in His [own] body to the tree [as to an altar and offered Himself on it] that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 AMP

Since Jesus paid for your sins, you are free from everything that is a result of sin, which includes sickness and death.
Sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14 NKJV

Before giving your life to the Lord, it is impossible to get complete mastery over sin. However, sin does not have the right to dominate a born-again Christian. The believer is free to serve God and not sin. It’s through the power of the Holy Spirit that we are able to overcome the temptation to sin.

 

-Death is not the End

What Happens When Life on Earth Is Over By Billy Joe Daugherty