Why Do People Die?

5 Minute Lessons on the Kingdom of God

Why Do People Die?

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"¹²When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. His sin spread death throughout all the world, so everything began to grow old and die, for all sinned. ¹³[We know that it was Adam's sin that caused this] because although, of course, people were sinning from the time of Adam until Moses, God did not in those days judge them guilty of death for breaking his laws—because he had not yet given his laws to them nor told them what he wanted them to do. ¹⁴So when their bodies died it was not for their own sins since they themselves had never disobeyed God's special law against eating the forbidden fruit, as Adam had.

What a contrast between Adam and Christ who was yet to come! ¹⁵And what a difference between man's sin and God's forgiveness!

For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin. But this one man, Jesus Christ, brought forgiveness to many through God's mercy." (Romans 5:12‑15 LB)

"²¹Before, sin ruled over all men and brought them to death, but now God's kindness rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 5:21 LB)

"¹⁸Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later. ¹⁹For all creation is waiting patiently and hopefully for that future day when God will resurrect his children. ^20-21For on that day thorns and thistles, sin, death, and decay... will all disappear, and the world around us will share in the glorious freedom from sin which God's children enjoy." (Romans 8:18‑21 LB)

"²²For we know that even the things of nature, like animals and plants, suffer in sickness and death as they await this great event. ²³And even we Christians, although we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, also groan to be released from pain and suffering. We, too, wait anxiously for that day when God will give us our full rights as his children, including the new bodies he has promised us—bodies that will never be sick again and will never die." (Romans 8:22‑23 LB)

"³²Since he did not spare even his own Son for us but gave him up for us all, won't he also surely give us everything else?" (Romans 8:32 LB)

"³⁸For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels won't, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God's love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, ³⁹or where we are—high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean—nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ when he died for us." (Romans 8:38‑39 LB)

Questions

When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. His sin spread death throughout all the world, so everything began to grow old and die.
True or False

Answer

"¹³[We know that it was Adam's sin that caused this] because although, of course, people were sinning from the time of Adam until Moses, God did not in those days judge them guilty of death for breaking his laws—because he had not yet given his laws to them nor told them what he wanted them to do. ¹⁴So when their bodies died it was not for their own sins since they themselves had never disobeyed God's special law against eating the forbidden fruit, as Adam had." (Romans 5:13‑14 LB)
Adam, brought death through his sin, Jesus Christ, brought forgiveness through God's mercy.
True or False

Answer

"¹⁵And what a difference between man's sin and God's forgiveness! For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin. But this one man, Jesus Christ, brought forgiveness to many through God's mercy." (Romans 5:15 LB)
God's kindness gave us right standing with Him resulting in eternal life.
True or False

Answer

"Before, sin ruled over all men and brought them to death, but now God's kindness rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 5:21 LB)
What we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory God will give us later.
True or False

Answer

"¹⁸Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later. ¹⁹For all creation is waiting patiently and hopefully for that future day when God will resurrect his children. ^20-21For on that day thorns and thistles, sin, death, and decay... will all disappear, and the world around us will share in the glorious freedom from sin which God's children enjoy." (Romans 8:18‑21 LB)
We know that even the things of nature, like animals and plants, suffer in sickness and death as they await the coming of Christ.
True or False

Answer

"²²For we know that even the things of nature, like animals and plants, suffer in sickness and death as they await this great event. ²³And even we Christians, although we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, also groan to be released from pain and suffering. We, too, wait anxiously for that day when God will give us our full rights as his children, including the new bodies he has promised us—bodies that will never be sick again and will never die." (Romans 8:22‑23 LB)
I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love.
True or False

Answer

"³⁸For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels won't, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God's love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, ³⁹or where we are—high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean—nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ when he died for us." (Romans 8:38‑39 LB)

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