The Payment for Sin is Death

"For the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23)

Death is a reality that we all must face. We can face death with confidence if we have the assurance that we will spend eternity with God in heaven.

We need to understand two things about death:

Physical death is when we cease to physically live on this earth.

"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." (Hebrews 9:27)

Spiritual death is referred to in the Bible as the "second death."  If a person dies without receiving God's gift of eternal life, he experiences the "second death," or eternal separation from God.

The Bible reveals this in Revelation 20:14-15,

"And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

Do you realize that if you do not receive God's gift of eternal life, you will spend eternity separated from God?

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