Death is hard

In the Bible we find examples of people crying mourning, and hurting. Why is death so hard?

1. Death is hard because it is so personal.

a. People die every day, but when it is someone you know and love, it hurts.

b. Good byes are hard, especially when you care deeply for a person.

2. Death is hard because it is so final.

a. We are often separated from people we love, but we look forward to seeing them again. Death means final separation.

b. We have our memories, but the person who died is gone from this world.

3. Death is hard because it is so otherworldly.

a. Death cause us to think about what is out there.

b. There is more to life than what we see

c. There is one who came from that other world to tell us what it is like

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

4. Death is hard because it hurts

a. We cry and we feel pain deep inside, but there is help

b. God wants to comfort and care for you (Psalm 42:1–5 “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance.”

2 Corinthians 1:3–4 “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.”