Dying in Faith
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Why does the Bible focus on how we die rather than how we die?
What the scriptures are most interested in in terms of the how question of our death. Is what will the state of our souls be? When we pass from this planet.
We don't like to think about dying, yet death is a certainty. This is Renewing Your Mind, the daily Bible teaching podcast from Ligonier Ministries. You likely know that the title of this program, Renewing Your Mind, comes from Romans chapter twelve. And it's a reminder that Christians should strive to align our thinking with the truth revealed in Scripture. And this includes the way we think about death and dying. So how should Christians think about death? How should we die according to God's word? This is the topic we'll be exploring today as we hear a message from R. C. Sprohl series, Surprised by Suffering. We'll only be in this series for a few more days, but you can continue your study by getting the downloadable version of this series in the Liginger app and a digital study guide.
Just go to renewingyourmind.org to give. Now, let's listen as RC helps us consider this important topic.
It's a cliche in our culture and in our language that there are two things that we cannot avoid and they are death and taxes. But I think all of us know certain people who have been clever enough or astute enough or crooked enough to avoid or evade taxes. But none of us has been able to find a method yet. To evade death. That's one thing that we understand as adults that we are going to die if the Lord tarries. And so the question is not if we shall die. And at this point I'm not even going to address the question why we will die. We've already looked at that a little bit. But the two questions I think that haunt all of us are these two the questions when And how? But I noticed when I read the scriptures
When the scriptures talk about the how question of death. It's not so much concerned about whether or not I will die through a heart attack or by an accident or through a gunshot wound or by cancer or some other disease. But rather what the scriptures are most interested in in terms of the how question of our death. Is what will the state of our souls be? When we pass from this planet. I remember the last words that my mother ever spoke in this world. I had come home as one of those ironic things that my mother happened to die. The day that my son was born. Early in the morning of that day, our son was born and I picked my mother up from her job and we went to the hospital and I showed her this newborn grandson of hers and she was thrilled beyond words and I brought her back to her apartment and
She said she wanted to retire early that night. She was somewhat tired and and so just before she went into her bedroom to go to sleep, she looked at me and she smiled and she said, You know what? And I said, What? She said, This is the happiest day of my life. And she went into her bedroom and went to sleep. And died in her sleep.
What does it mean to die “in faith” according to Scripture?
I mean, would you like to die like that? I would certainly like to die. I know of a a theological professor at Princeton University who had a distinguished career for many, many years. And the story is that he was out for his afternoon constitutional. He was walking down the street in Princeton and just quietly slumped over And left this planet. was over just like that. And I thought, I wonder if it goes with the profession. Wouldn't it be wonderful if this is the way God has ordained the theologians would die? 'Cause that's how I would like to die. But my mother died peaceably, without suffering, without struggling, saying This is the happiest day of my life. Those were her last words. But when the scriptures talk again, as I said, about the how of death.
They're concerned about What our relationship is to God at the moment we breathe our last. I would tell a little story here about two men who Who have the same last name? Their last name is Graham. Few months ago, I received a letter from my professor of theology that I had in seminary, and he was reporting in that letter about a mutual friend that we had whose name was Tom Graham.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does the Bible focus on how we die rather than how we die?
0:00–3:54
2
What does it mean to die “in faith” according to Scripture?
3:54–7:09
3
How did the story of the Graham brothers illustrate dying in faith versus dying without faith?
7:09–10:04
4
What can we learn from the speaker’s personal experience with his mother’s peaceful death?
10:04–12:48
5
How did the speaker’s father’s final months demonstrate a “good fight” and a “finished race”?
12:48–16:55
6
Why does the New Testament equate faith with trust in God, especially at the moment of death?
16:55–20:03
7
How do the metaphors of fighting, racing, and marathons shape our understanding of enduring to the end?
20:03–23:09
8
What practical steps does the teaching suggest for preparing to die with hope and trust in God?
23:09–25:54