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D E A T H 1. Adam and Eve were supposed to live forever; their sin brought death. Gen. 2:17. 2. There wages of sin, therefore, is death, both temporary, as befalls everyone, and eternal. Romans 6:23. 3. Death, therefore, came into our earth by the one act of disobedience to God's command. Romans 5:12. 4. Although we all die because of Adam's sin, death does not have to conquer us. Romans 5:17; John 3:16. 5. Soon God will vanquish death due to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. 1Cor. 15:54, 55. 6. Those who die in the Lord have nothing to fear for the future for they shall be resurrected. John 6:40. 7. Yes, there will be a resurrection day for all those who are dead in Christ and lived unto God. John 5:28, 29. 8. While there will be a resurrection to eternal life for the godly, there will be eternal death for the ungodly. Rev. 2:11; 20:6. 9. Jesus is the resurrection and the life, in him is eternal life for all that accept God into their lives. John 11:25. 10. In God's new earth there will be no death at all. Rev. 21:4. |
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