{"id":869,"date":"2012-01-10T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T13:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?p=869"},"modified":"2012-01-10T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T13:20:15","slug":"do-we-have-a-choice-when-we-die","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?page_id=869","title":{"rendered":"Do we have a choice when we die?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do we have a choice concerning when we die<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Scripture, seems to indicate that one does have some input as to when he or she will die; Php.1:22, \u201c\u2026..if I live in the flesh, this <em>is<\/em> the fruit of my labour: yet <em>what I shall choose<\/em> I wot not.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Paul wanted to die and be with the Lord, but he chose not to die at that particular time; Php.1:23-24, \u201c\u2026..having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better\u2026.. nevertheless to abide in the flesh <em>is<\/em> more needful for you.\u201d\u00a0 Scripture suggests that a man can sometimes will himself to live or to die, depending on the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Later, when Paul knew that his work here on earth was complete, he decided it was time to die; 2 Tim.4:6, \u201c\u2026..I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.\u201d\u00a0 When Paul decided he was ready to die, he then made preparation to die.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, everyone will die at some point in time.\u00a0 Sometimes people get a glimpse of what is on the other side of death.\u00a0 When they discover a place where there is no more pain, no more sorrow, no more weeping, why would they want to remain here.\u00a0 Sometimes people will be experiencing so much pain and suffering that they choose to die.\u00a0 They realize that it is far better to enter into the spiritual world and be in the presence of the Lord; therefore they choose to leave this physical world and the only way to do that, is by dying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do we have a choice concerning when we die? Answer: Scripture, seems to indicate that one does have some input as to when he or she will die; Php.1:22, \u201c\u2026..if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Paul wanted to die [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-869","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/869\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}