If you ever get into a study with a Jehovah’s Witness, one thing you will find out is that they believe, “To die is to go out of existence.” How morbid! How sad! So, when I die, I will cease to exist? I will have no consciousness at all? But, wait a minute! The Bible says…
“The spirit will return to God who gave it” (Ecc. 12:7). The rich man in Luke 16 “died and was buried,” and after he died “he lifted up his eyes and saw…he cried and said” (16:19-31). Many years after their deaths, God said, “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob” (Ex. 3:6). Jesus concluded, “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living” (Matt. 22:32). “The souls of those who had been slain…cried with a loud voice” (Rev. 6:9-11). How could the rich man, Abraham or the martyrs say anything after their death if they did not exist?
Oh, what a glorious thought for the faithful Christian! When I die, my immortal spirit will be carried by angels (Luke 16:22) to a conscious paradise (Luke 23:43)! No reason to fear!