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 What does the Bible say about death? Death is the unalterable consequence of sin. Yes, sin has consequences, and these are experienced in a variety of ways today. Disease, sickness, physical agony, emotional pain, pain and suffering in general, and ultimately death are all the result of sin (cf., Genesis 2:17; 5:5; Romans 6:23). Therefore, because one man sinned in the beginning (actually two people sinned, but they were one in marriage and name: cf., Genesis 5:2; 1 Timothy 2:13-15 et al.) death passed upon all of creation, including vegetation, animals, and man—who was created in God’s own image (Genesis 1:26). In other words, sin has affected all of creation.

  Paul wrote in Romans 5:12: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Further, in chapter 3:23 of the same book, it is clear that all are guilty of sin, but there is a difference here in some folk’s thinking. The Calvinist believes that sin is inherited because of what they refer to as Original Sin, or as it is sometimes associated with the doctrine of Total Depravity. That is, these assert that man cannot keep from sinning: So then, further delineations of this doctrine are contrived. The doctrine of the Impossibility of Apostasy, which simply means man cannot so sin as to lose his soul after “getting saved,” is further established. Sometimes this is called “Once Saved Always Saved.” However, further deductions are conceived from this: Such that eternal security, which enables one to live as they choose, continue in sin and don’t worry about it because you can’t loose your salvation anyway; and, still, further absurdities are born when all of this is challenged. The challenge that is presented goes like this: If one were to loose their soul because of habitual sin in their lives, by the one that had “got saved,” will that same person still go to heaven, still having been saved? And, usually the raw and unadulterated Calvinist will answer “that person was never saved in the first place and evidently they were not a part of God’s elect or arbitrary choosing.” So, the Calvinist attempts to avoid the “catch twenty-two” by making laws that God has not made, presuming what is not implied, inferred, or directly stated in the Bible, and simply, they are guilty of confounding the truth of God’s word. The Calvinism mentioned above is all false. The facts are clear, and will be enumerated upon in the next article in this series. For more information, please feel free to contact us anytime. More to come…