Love Helps Us to Overcome Fear - FEAR OF DEATH

 The Bible acknowledges that death is an enemy.  (1 Corinthians 15:25, 26) We may feel anxious at the thought of death, especially when we of our loved ones are critically ill.  Why do we fear death? Because Jehovah created us  with the desire to enjoy death forever.  (Ecclesiaste 3:11) A balanced fear of death can help us to protect our life.  For example, it can motivate us to make good  decisions about our diet and exercise routine, to seek the help if physicians and medications when necessary, and to avoid needlessly putting our life in danger. 

Satan knows that we cherish our life. He claims, however, that we would sacrifice everything we have -even our friendship with Jehovah-just to preserve our present life.(Job  2:4, 5)  How wrong Satan is! Still, since he is "the one having the means to cause death," Satan tries to exploit   our natural fear of death in order to make us abandon Jehovah. (Hebrews 2:14, 15) In some cases, Satan's agents threaten to kill Jehovah's worshippers if they do not renounce  their faith.  In some cases, Satan may take advangage of a life-threatening medical situation to try to get us to compromise.  Medical doctors or unbelieving family members may pressure us to accept a bloos transfusion, which would violate God's law. OR someone may try to persuade us to consider another therapy that goes against Scriptural principles. 

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