Recently the nation’s attention has been called to the deaths of some notable people, namely Robin Williams and Joan Rivers.
It should not seem a strange thing to us when we hear of a celebrity or anyone else dying. It is something that is going to happen to all of us. In Genesis chapter five we read of some notable people such as Adam, the first man, Seth and the oldest man, Methuselah, who lived to be nine hundred and sixty nine years old. Eight times in that chapter it says, ”And he died.” In fact, Enoch, the son of Methuselah, is the only man in that chapter of whom death is not mentioned. He and Elijah the prophet are the only two ever recorded that never died. Even Jesus died.
God had warned of death coming if the forbidden fruit were eaten. In Romans 5:12 we read, “Wherefore as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned…”
Because you and I are going to die is why the facts of John 3:16 are so precious to us. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Yes, you and I are going to die physically, but those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ the Son of God for salvation will live forever. I’m trusting Jesus. How about you?
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