Lord’s Day 16, Q.42. To Die is Gain!Q42. “Since, then, Christ died for us, why must we also die?” The answer we must give is, “Our death is not a satisfaction for our sin, but only a dying to sin and an entering into eternal life.”Our instructor wants to know why, if Christ has taken our death, Christians themselves must also physically die. It's a logical and completely fair question. After all, Jesus himself told us in: John 11:25-26 … he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.Paul gives us another angle on this in Philippians, where he gives the Christian’s death a PURPOSE all of its own. He tells us that TO DIE IS GAIN!  How can this be?  In this double length episode, we explore the issue.Contains Psalm 23 and Psalm 17, from ’Sing Psalms’Psalm 17:8 & 15.8 In shadow of your wings hide me in times of strife; And as the apple of your eye preserve and guard my life.15 But I in righteousness your face will surely see; And with your likeness, when I wake, I satisfied will be.Find the NOTES here.Podcast Music.Psalm extracts- Thanks to Conor Quigley, www.ThePsalmsSung.OrgPodcast Music on license from www.NeoSounds.comSRP Theme, “In Another Time” by Roland Rudzitis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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