LUKE 12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Christians should no longer be motivated by a dread of dying because Jesus conquered death and took away its sting.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Jesus has won over death.
A Christian's death now simply marks the passage from this imperfect, impermanent world to a better, more perfect, and eternal reality.
Anyone who puts their faith in Jesus has no need to be fearful.
I assume that death is now like birth: only a transition into a better, though unknown, location where has more freedom, awareness or consciousness and where we will continue to learn and develop while appreciating God's kindness.
LUKE 20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
Death is not the end.
Additionally, death is just sleep for your physical body and not for the true self that resides inside it.
Your body will sleep in death after you pass away until the great Resurrection, but you will always be alive with God.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to leave the physical body, and to be present with the Lord.
PHILIPPIANS 1:23For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. 23 I'm torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me.
Believers must understand that walking through death means we shall be far better off.
Why be fearful then?
JOHN 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 "In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
When you leave this world, Jesus has a better place waiting for you than what you have experienced here.
He advised you not to be scared.
You can believe in Jesus..
HEBREWS 2:14 So as that the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might free up the one who had the power of death, that is, the devil.
The devil has been able to keep us in slavery through our fear of dying by convincing us to do whatever to avoid it.
Because of Jesus' victory, believers should be able to conquer this fear.
We should live fearlessly because we know that God is monitoring that for us, will be there for us no matter what, and will take care of us even when we pass away.
Therefore, we shouldn't ever let the enemy to stop us from carrying out God's purpose out of fear that we could pass away.
Before we pass away, everyone of us must complete our course and carry out God's purpose for us on earth.
But we should not be afraid of death when the time comes.
SAY THIS: I am not afraid of death. I will put my faith in Jesus, my Lord.
