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Bible Question:Can you tell me what happens to a person when he dies? What happens to the soul? Is the soul the same as the spirit? Bible Answer:God says that there are only two choices when we die. We enter into either eternal punishment or eternal life. It is either heaven or hell. And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. (NASB) Matt. 25:46 There are no other choices. Most of us understand eternal punishment,
but many are confused with the phrase "eternal life." Since
every person will live into eternity, "eternal life" does
not describe how long we will live but where we will live. "Eternal
life" means that we will spend eternity with God. So
we will break the answer to your question into two parts.
Eternal Judgment. The Bible tells us that if we do not accept Jesus as both God
and Savior, then we are rejecting Jesus. We are either at war
with God or are peace with Him. We are either in trouble or
His friend. We are at peace with God when we accept
the fact that Jesus is God and He is the only one who can
forgive our sins.
He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. (NASB) John 3:36 God is simply saying, either believe and go into eternal life
or experience God's wrath. At first this seems harsh. That
thought misses the fact that God wants us to be His friend,
but many are not interested. No - a better response is that
some reject Jesus Christ and say He was only a man. When
these dear people die, they will go to hell (or Hades) and
wait to go to the Lake of Fire.
And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. (NASB) Rev. 20:14 Eternal Life. Those who receive eternal life, are those who see
their sinfulness, believe that Jesus is God, and depend on
Him to forgive their sins. God calls them His saints or holy ones. The saints are
not men and women the Roman Catholic Church has declared to
be saints. Every man and woman who believes or has ever believed
in Jesus is a holy one or God's saint. Think about that. That
is awesome!
Do you think
God cares when one of His saints dies? Listen to this verse.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His godly ones. (NASB) Ps 116:15 |
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