Where Do You Want to Die?

Have you ever had a conversation with someone of how you want to die? Believe it or not discussions of how and where one wants to die are more prevalent than one would think. There is usually one joker who claims, “I want to die in my sleep as my grandfather did. I do not want to go out like the three screaming passengers in his vehicle.” While the focus of this conversation tends to be on how one wants to die (who wants to die a painful or premature death?), the focus should be on where one wants to die, not how. “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” (Rev. 14:13). It should be the hope of mankind to die “in Christ.”

·         All spiritual blessings are found in Christ Jesus (Eph. 1:3).

·         Remission of sins is only found in Christ Jesus (Eph. 1:7).

·         There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ (Rom. 8:1).

·         The saints/sanctified are only found in Christ (1 Cor. 1:2).

·         Salvation is only found in Christ (Acts 4:12).

The Bible tells man how an individual can be placed “in Christ.” “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?” (Rom. 6:4). It also speaks of where we need to be in order to be “in Christ.” “And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.” (Eph. 1:22-23). Those who are currently in Him are to walk after the example He left (1 John 2:6).

Where do you want to die? Hopefully, you want to die “in Him.”