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Death

by Alan Becker

This was written by Alan in his Religion 100 class at UBC in 1974 before he had any symptoms of his head problems, or possibility of death. He was about 19 when he wrote this.
~ Ed Becker (Alan's father)
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For me, death is of little importance. This is because of my Christian beliefs. Since Christ conquered death on the cross, any born again Christian should have no fear of death. As Paul says in Philippians 1:20-25:

"Christ shall even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. But, I am hard pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake."

That is exactly how I feel. I am looking forward to being united with Christ and fellow Christians and yet I must stay here and tell others about Him. If Christians did not fulfill their duty to tell others, then many would be lost that could be saved.

For me, death is insignificant. According to Romans 8:38, nothing, including death, can separate us from the love of God. He loves us whether we are physically alive or dead, and as Christians we can never die spiritually,

"truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death" (John 8:51).

Also, I am not afraid of death. Again I quote a verse from Corinthians:

"Oh death where is your victory? O death where is your sting" (1 Corinthians 15:55).

Through Christ, all Christians have victory over death.

Death of non-Christians is a different matter. Their death is harder on Christians than it is on others, since the Christian knows that the person will be eternally separated from God. Thus they are very concerned when a non-Christian is very sick and are always ready to show him the way to God.

Conclusively, a Christian's own death is of little or no concern to him. But a non-Christian's death is very sad, if not disheartening.

 

 

 

In 1977, after leading his dad to Christ, Alan went into a coma and three days later slipped away from his life here on earth to be with his Lord and Saviour.

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