Are pious Christians afraid of death?

[Scofield]

Do true Christians, who have lived their lives in accordance with the Bible, need to fear death? After all, if they were good, they can be certain of going to Heaven.

 

[Who Me]

Do true Christians, who have lived their lives in accordance with the Bible, need to fear death? After all, if they were good, they can be certain of going to Heaven.

I think we all fear a protracted painful and undignified death.

 

[for_his_glory]

I will not fear death, no matter how horrendous it could be, for as being a child of God I have the promise of eternal life with Him.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

2Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

 

[Christ_empowered]

I think death is not the issue so much as becoming very sick and or a long slow decline. Maybe it’s different in countries with extensive health care systems and a more robust safety net?

 

[Blain DeCastro]

Some do but really what is death to a believer in Christ who overcame death?
Some would even argue that death is merely one transition to another from this life to the next nothing more nothing to fear just a passing through the door

I have personally been on deaths door several times your body knows when your dying and it is not a good feeling at all but I didn't fear it I even embraced it however God simply would not allow it

For anyone who has faced death before it is not simply a matter of discussion it is something you can only describe as falling asleep but like a sickly kind of falling asleep if that makes sense.

 

[WIP]

Do true Christians, who have lived their lives in accordance with the Bible, need to fear death?

It may not necessarily be so much a fear death, but they may have misgivings about leaving others behind and this can weigh on them.

After all, if they were good, they can be certain of going to Heaven.

Being good is not a certainty. None of us is capable of being good enough for we all have that fateful sin nature. Nowhere in the Scriptures will you find it said that we can get to heaven by being good. What is in there is that we must be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect and that is beyond our ability. It is for this reason that Jesus came and died in our place and redeem those who believe and trust in His righteousness.

Thank God for Jesus!