To Die Is Gain

There are five reasons, how is it “gain” to die!: .....

1) Our spirits will be made perfect (Hebrews 12:22-23), there will be no more sin in us. We will be done with the inner war and the heartrending disappointments of offending the Lord who loved us and gave himself for us. 

2) We will be relieved of the pain of this world (Luke 16:24-25), the joy of the resurrection will not yet be ours, but the joy of freedom from pain will be. 

3) We will be given profound rest in our soul (Revelation 6:9-11), there will be a serenity beneath the eye and care of God that surpasses anything we have known here on the softest summer evening by the most peaceful lake at our most happy moments. 

4) We will experience a deep at-homeness (2 Corinthians 5:8).

The whole human race is homesick for God, without knowing it. When we go home to Christ there will be a contentment beyond any sense of security and peace we have ever known.

We are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

5) We will be with Christ (Philippians 1:21–23).

Christ is a more wonderful person than anyone on earth. He is wiser, stronger, and kinder than anyone you enjoy spending time with. He is endlessly interesting. He knows exactly what to do and what to say at every moment to make his guests as glad as they can possibly be. He overflows in love and with infinite insight into how to use that love to make his loved ones feel loved. Therefore. Alleluia, God bless

Reading: Philippians 1:21-23