IIT UBF - University Bible Fellowship at IIT

Date: Feb. 10, 2024

Question

What benefits do believers receive from Christ when they die?

Answer

When believers die, their souls are made perfectly holy and immediately pass into glory. Their bodies, which are still united to Christ, rest in the grave until the resurrection.

Reference Passages

Hebrews 12:23

Luke 23:43

2 Corinthians 5:6

2 Corinthians 5:8

Philippians 1:23

1 Thessalonians 4:14

Daniel 12:2

John 5:28-29

Acts 24:15

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The Cost of Following Jesus

Matthew 8:18-22

Key Verse: 8:22

And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”