Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:54:18 AM
The idea "that you may be terrified" is no reason to "abandon the principles of a lifetime." –Christopher Hitchens
Re: http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelGerson/2010/10/14/christopher_hitchens/
The reality of death faces all men whether believer or not. But there is another reality that some men like to deny. As sure as our death, we will also give account of our life…
‘…it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment…’ [Hebrews 9:27]
Why do the darwinites have what they might call an irrational fear of death? Darwin is silent at funerals because he offers no hope for the dead or the dieing. His dogma is contrary to reality. All men know that God exists through what He has made. The heavens and the earth declare His glory so that all men who suppress the knowledge of God are without excuse. Men are fearful because they know that every man will give account. In that day the words of Psalm 1 will be fulfilled…
Cursed is the man
Who walks in the counsel of the ungodly,
And stands in the path of sinners,
And sits in the seat of the scornful;
For his delight is not in the law of the LORD…
The LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
The power of death and the fear of death that holds men in bondage has been broken through the gospel. This is why the words of the Redeemer are the only words that can comfort in times of death…
‘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. For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham. Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted' [Hebrews 2].