Baptist Catechism of 1693 · Question 40

What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?

Scripture proofs King James Version

• Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
• 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6, 8 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ... Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: ... We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
• Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
• Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• Isaiah 57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
• Job 19:26-27 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.