Dealing with Death

The most difficult thing a human being can go through is the death of a loved one. It’s horribly painful and some crack under the circumstances. To those who have a loved one that dies and they themselves do not know Christ there is no hope, that’s it, their loved one is just dead and gone. It makes their death final. There is no hope. Now on the other hand you would think that Christians have it much better when a loved one dies, after all they are Christians. When it comes to the death of a loved one a Christian is actually in a tough spot. On one hand if they know their loved one was also a Christian that at death they went to be with Jesus and that after a time of grieving in the end they have that comfort knowing their loved one is where they also want to be. However there are two more things that a Christian has to deal with, one is not knowing whether or not their loved one was a believer and not knowing for sure their eternal resting place that's tough. They too in the end ultimately have to trust in Jesus. Then finally the Christian knows the fate of those who die that don’t trust in Christ and that can be terribly painful. At this point the key is understanding that everyone also deserves that same fate and it’s only by the grace of God that anyone can go to be with the LORD. Then in turn it is their responsibility to go and tell everyone about that grace.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

³ And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.