A Christian Perspective on Death

For the Christian death is not last we will see of our believing loved one for we not only expect to see them in heaven upon our death but the hope of the Christian is the resurrection and glorification of our physical bodies.

According to the Bible all humans are born as sinners in rebellion against God. The resulting evil makes us unfit for heaven. If we die in this state God can not allow us into heaven since we would ruin it as we have the Earth and God’s respect for free will prevents God from forcing Himself on us so he has no choice but to allow the unredeemed sinners to a place with out God called hell. We can only go to heaven by accepting God’s gift of redemption and then he can change us so that we are fit for heaven. The reason for this is that when sinners rejects God’s gift of redemption they are saying that they don’t want to be with God and so at death God lets them go to a place with out him and that place it called hell. God’s gift of redemption was made possible by Jesus (God in the Flesh) dyeing on the cross so as to pay for our sin. If we accept God’s gift of redemption go to be with him at death. For the dyeing this is actually the most wonderful event we have ever experienced as we see the resurrected Jesus face to face and see our saved loved ones that died before us.

Death however is not the end of the body for when Jesus returns for his church the dead in Christ will be resurrected and those Christians living at the time will allow with them be taken up to meet the Lord in the air with these bodies taking on a glorified form will no long be subject to death.

A Christian Perspective on Life.

Life from a Christian perspective is a serves to Jesus Christ in gratitude foe what He has done for us. This  includes not only things like helping others to find salvation through Jesus but it also means using the talents and abilities God as given us to reach people for Jesus. This can be something as dramatic and adventurous as going to some remote primitive village to something as mundane as working to be able to help support such missionaries. The key is in finding how God would have us use our talents for Him.

The Christian life also means living a life that is separated from those pleasures of the world that are not pleasing to God. This is not about fear of God striking us down out of anger but out of Love and wanting to keep a close relationship with Him.

To a faithful Christian this not drudgery by the greatest joy a Christian can have.

A Christian Perspective on Birth.

According to the Bible unborn babies are human beings and they are treated as such in the Mosaic Law.  Since no starting point in the pregnancy is given the implication is that life begins at conception which is why Christian’s tend to be pro-life.

Do to Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3) every baby that is born has a sin nature. In other words we are all barn with the tendency to sin. This is why Jesus died on the Cross to save us from out sin. The Bible does indicate that a baby that dies before being capable making a decision to accept Christ goes to heaven.

Children are considered a gift from God to the parents even though some kids may qualify as gag gifts. While not all married couples have children from a Christian perspective children are greatest blessing God can bestow on a married couple so a birth is considered a cause for great joy.