Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith"Faith is as precious to die by as to live by." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
The righteous die in the same way that they live, that is to say, by faith.
Habakkuk 2:4
The righteous shall live by his faith.
There is no way to be righteous in life or in death but by faith. Without faith no one can please God. No one can be righteous but by living in faith. And the one who is righteous in faith will live. He will enter into the eternal life of knowing the Father by faith in the Son through the power of His Spirit. And this changes the way they live out the rest of their days and how they close their eyes on their last one.
Heidelberg Catechism
Q1: What is your only comfort in life and death?
A1: That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.
The righteous do not merely trust Jesus to save them from death when they die, they trust Him for life as they live. Faith is precious in life and in death, in living and in dying, in striving and in sowing, in waking and in sleeping.
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