2006-12-11 10:19:32 · 15 answers · asked by bethybug 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In my experience, the comfort the family needs most has to do with dealing with the hole the person has left in their life. If you are talking about God and the afterlife, I would focus more on things like how the deceased is no longer in [physical] pain, how there is always hope, and how we don't know anywhere near as much as God.
2006-12-11 10:27:35 · answer #1 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try Acts 24:15
2006-12-11 18:38:45 · answer #2 · answered by Honey W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By mentioning the possibility of repentance at the last instant before death.
God's hand of mercy is stretched out to the sinner until the last moment.
Only upon rejecting that mercy, does the soul go to hell. It goes for rejecting that mercy, not for the sins of its life (although, when it goes, it is punished for both the rejection of mercy and its sins in life).
However, after the fact, we can always pray for that person's salvation.
For God is outside of time and can apply a prayer at a given time to something in the past.
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2006-12-11 18:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by Catholic Philosopher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just be there. Lend them a hand, be a Christian, love them, bring them some food, go to the memorial service if there is to be one.
Don't make the mistake of preaching at the family.
And pray. Pray for the repose of the soul of the dearly departed loved one, that their soul, through the mercy of God, will rest in peace.
2006-12-11 18:23:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just say "I'm so sorry for your loss." and leave it at that.
When all is said and done you don't know where this person ended up after he/she died. You're just basing the whole "sinful" thing on your own beliefs.
2006-12-11 18:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by DontPanic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There won't be any comfort for that indisual in a time to come. He will be rasied and judged accordingly. More than likely he will be put into the lake of fire becasue he did not know the Lord. This is according to the word of God.
2006-12-11 18:27:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The same way you would treat anyone else whose lost a family member. It's not about the deceased, its about the people who will miss him/her. Love is love, whether we are sinful (and we are) or not.
2006-12-11 18:23:29 · answer #7 · answered by catscratch 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell them divine love will help the deceased out of sinful beliefs and acts and get them back on the straight and narrow path, and tell them God's plan is not subject to failure.
2006-12-11 18:29:57 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Judge thee, lest thee be judged. What do sins matter once they are dead. A loss is a loss. Funerals should be to remember a person good qualities, not their mistakes.
2006-12-11 18:25:04 · answer #9 · answered by Cherry_Blossom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just keep your mouth shut about the sins and tell them your sorry for their loss.
2006-12-11 18:27:19 · answer #10 · answered by lilith 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋