How can someone in Christ fear death?<\/p>\n\t
It would depend on the strength and growth of their faith.<\/p>\n
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me<\/em>” (Psalms 23:4).<\/p>\n
“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage<\/em>” (Hebrews 2:14-15).<\/p>\n
“Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life<\/em>” (Revelation 2:10).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: How can someone in Christ fear death? Answer: It would depend on the strength and growth of their faith. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalms 23:4). “Inasmuch then as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[109,352],"class_list":["post-33558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-death","tag-fear"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18525,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-true-that-if-there-were-no-literal-devil-there-would-have-been-no-need-for-christ-to-appear\/","url_meta":{"origin":33558,"position":0},"title":"Is it true that if there were no literal devil, there would have been no need for Christ to appear?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: If there was no literal devil, then there was no need for Christ to appear? 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