There are only a few things in life that are certain and death is one of them. Death will come to everyone, and most people fear death and the end of life. Death is an absolute certainty and we all will face it alone. There is no pretension in death and if one has no hope then death is frightening. The atheist can say that there is no God but they have no certainty of that opinion and all atheists have no peace when they are dying. The agnostic is also helpless at the time of death because they don’t know if there is a God and their opinion leads to further hopelessness. Only the one who is certain that there is a God and believes in Him has peace at the time of their passing out of this life. Their hope in God is an anchor to their soul, not just through life but also at the end of their life on earth.
This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast…Hebrews 6:19a
The one who believes in Jesus Christ is the only one who will have victory in death. This victory comes through what Jesus Christ has done for them on the cross. They have come to Him and put their trust in Him.
But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory. I Corinthians 15:54
The Lord calls to everyone but some respond and some turn away from God and then soon do not hear Him calling. It is only a matter of time before those who have hardened their heart to the Lord that their heart becomes even more hardened and they no longer hear Him. The Lord is still loves them, for He desires for all to be saved, and if they turn to Him then they will once again hear Him calling.
but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. II Peter 3:9b
When a person responds to the Lord and comes to Him then they pass out of death into life. They spiritually come alive. They are restored to a spiritual relationship with God. God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit.
We know that we have passed out of death into life…I John 3:14a
Christ died on a cross and took the punishment and judgment we deserve so that He might render powerless the one who had the power of death, that is, the devil.
that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death… Hebrews 2:14b, 15a
Jesus Christ abolished death through His dying on the cross. Those who believe in Jesus Christ receive not only His eternal life but they also receive the death that He died for them.
but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, II Timothy 1:10
Jesus Christ will deliver from death those who have come to Him and put their faith in Him. This hope is a reality in life and in death.
who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us, II Corinthians 1:10
Just as Jesus Christ was raised from the dead so also all who have believed in Him will be raised also and they will never die again.
knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. Romans 6:9
The moment they pass out of this world, their soul goes to be in the presence of God, their body will be raised and united with them at the end of time.
to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. II Corinthians 5:8b
Those who have no hope have no freedom from fear of death. It is only those who have believed in and put their hope in Jesus Christ who are free from the fear of death. Jesus Christ is the only One who has been raised from the dead, never to die again.
and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. Hebrews 2:15
Those who receive Christ have passed out of death into life. They are set free from the fear of death and have a confidence in Him in their passing from this life or if He comes before that then they will not shrink away in shame at His coming.
Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. I John 2:28
Instructions To A Young Life 