Why Must I Die?

Why Must I Die?

I had a 94 year old man, ailing and obviously near the end of his life; ask me, “why must I die?” 

The sadness in his voice echoed his bewilderment about dying. I felt so sorry for him. For just a moment, I felt myself being in his shoes, being near death myself, and contemplating about why I too must die!

It was a good question. It is a question we all should ponder as we progress along life’s journey. 

Surely, nobody wants to die. Death is frightening to most of us. We all fight like crazy to hang on to life and tend to ignore the prospects of our eventual death. 

The following scripture from the book of beginnings tells us how death came to be. 

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 ¶ And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 ¶ And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

God forewarned Adam and Eve of the consequences of disregarding the counsel of Almighty God, the Creator of the human race. 

The consequence would be death! In simple terms; sin leads to death! Sin is best defined as the moral corruption of human nature; mind, body and soul. 

Sin is also the result of human rebellion against God and alliance with the nature of the Devil. 

If demographic analysts are correct in their calculations, there have been over 100,000,000,000 human beings that have lived on planet Earth since Adam and Eve. 

Guess how many of that number have died? Yes, all of them; except for two, whom God took before death overtook them! 

So you see, Death comes to all of us eventually. It has been 100% total in every generation! 

Why must we die? We all have inherited a Sinful nature! The Bible says, “the soul that sinneth shall die.”

I’m often asked why wickedness and Evil seem to predominate in this world. The answer is simple; the human heart is empty of love, and is therefore embodied with a natural propensity towards evil; just like Satan! 

So can we ever hope to escape Death? If so, how? 

The answer is: we all must pay the price of sin; “Death.” But thanks to God, and his Natural Heart for Love; we only have to Die physically. 

But, “We can live again!” To live again we need our Hearts renewed and returned spiritually to their original status with God. 

Thus, Satan’s Big Lie in the Garden; “you shall not surely die” while a LIE, can be overcome by the TRUTH of God, and the DEATH of his beloved Son; who was perfectly sinless!

by: Darrell G. Young

Focus on the Bible

August, 2021