Are you afraid of Death?

[Stooti]

Death- the Ultimate Fate. A single point in time where your physical body dies.
Dead- An indefinite period of time spent not in your physical body.

Are you afraid of death? Maybe, at first thought, no. What if your views are wrong? What if you are going to Hell, or you are going nowhere?

How do you feel about death?

If you believe in Christianity, and you believe when you die, you will be welcomed by Jesus, could you be considered right no matter what? You either go to Jesus, or die thinking you will making the last moments of your life happier than someone that doesn't? (not counting other religions *sniffles*)

Or should you even be worried? Life is a gift, something to be cherished but all things come to an end?

[Telora]

And above all, my biggest fear would be meeting God for the first time, only to realized that he was ashamed of me and my life and then to hear the words "depart from me, I never knew you."

My answer would be, "Your loss, jerk*!"

If you're living your life in anything approaching a decent manner and God wants to send you to Hell because you somehow don't measure up, he's a fiend and a tyrant and heaven isn't worth the price of admission.

I wonder if it's really that difficult though, it seems in general if you have a forgiving nature and are truly sorry enough to admit you messed up, that's good enough, if you're truly sorry you won't do it again. If it's something you enjoy, keep doing and don't care to be sorry about, well...i suppose you can always go to a confession.

*shrugs*

i just don't think the perceptions we have of heaven and hell really apply to God as much as the Greeks and romans that ran with it, before them there was really no clear description, that i'm aware of.

Zoroaster's idea maybe?

[cholland]

Death is a solemn thing, and never so much so as when we see it close at hand. The grave is a chilling, heart-sickening place, and it is vain to pretend it has no terrors. Yet here is a mortal man [Paul in 2 Tim. 4:6-8] who can look calmly into the narrow “house appointed for all living,� and say, while he stands upon the brink, “I see it all, and am not afraid.�...

The strong consolation which assurance can give in the hour of death is a point of great importance. We may depend on it, we shall never think assurance so precious as when our turn comes to die. In that awful hour there are few believers who do not find out the value and privilege of an “assured hope,� whatever they may have thought about it during their lives. General “hopes� and “trusts� are all very well to live upon while the sun shines and the body is strong; but when we come to die, we shall want to be able to say, “I know� and “I feel.� The river of death is a cold stream, and we have to cross it alone. No earthly friend can help us. The last enemy, the king of terrors, is a strong foe. When our souls are departing, there is no cordial like the strong wine of assurance.

-J.C. Ryle, Holiness Ch. 7 Assurance
(my italics)

[flitzerbiest]

Death is a solemn thing, and never so much so as when we see it close at hand. The grave is a chilling, heart-sickening place, and it is vain to pretend it has no terrors.

I have no fear of the grave. Being dead is no different than not yet having been born, and I did that for nearly 14 billion years. Dying, well...that can suck, but the grave is no sweat at all.

[Greeklogic]

Kudos to the above post, well said. Death should not be a worry, its going to happen. The scary part is not living your life while you are alive. We will never know what happens after death, personally I don't think there is anything else unfortunately. This is a very serious topic, because it means EVERYTHING... All I can say is don't chance it.

" Live life for life before death, don't live life for life after death" - I forgot.