9 EVILS WHICH DEATH WILL PUT AN END TO by Thomas Watson I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far. Philippians 1 verse 23

It is the desire of a true saint to be gone from this present world. I desire to depart What a wicked man fears, that a godly man hopes for. The worldling desires to live in this present world forever. He knows no other heaven but earth. And it is death to him to be turned out of his heaven. A wicked man does not go out of this world, but is dragged out.

But a soul enlivened and ennobled with the principle of grace looks upon the world as a wilderness wherein are fiery serpents, and he desires to get out of this wilderness. The bird desires to get out of the cage, though it is made of gold. Just so, the saints of God have looked upon themselves as imprisoned in the body, and have longed for a jail delivery.

Oh, that I had wings like a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest. Psalm 55 verse 6. It is no wonder that a true saint is so earnest to be gone from this present world, if we consider how beneficial death is to a child of God. Death puts an end to all his evils. In particular, there are nine evils which death will put an end to.

1. Death will put an end to a believer's sins.
2. Death will put an end to a believer's temptations.
3. Death will put an end to a believer's fears.
4. Death will dry up a believer's tears.
5. Death will put an end to a believer's troubles.
6. Death puts an end to a believer's cares.
Number seven, death will put an end to all our natural imperfections.
Number eight, death will put an end to the imperfections of grace.
And number nine, death will put an end to a weary pilgrimage.

Though death is a bitter cup, there is sugar at the bottom. Death is the believer's best friend, for it brings him to Christ, which is far better.

I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far.

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