When people have died in ghastly accidents, such as flight crash, car accident, and vehicles run over on people, folks believe that the dead people committed terrible sins and died in that way. This is utterly wrong.
We shouldn’t judge a man by his death. It’s a foolish thing.
St. Paul was beheaded
St. Peter was crucified upside down.
Some of Jesus’ disciples were toppled from synagogues; others skinned alive and succumbed to death.
Except John, the rest disciples were killed brutally. Their deaths were extremely horrific. It means they were sinners?
No!
The Jews and Romans branded them as sinners and killed them in such a way. Actually, those who killed them deserve such death sentences for killing the Holy people, who were preaching the word of God.
So far, thousands of thousands preachers have been killed for preaching the word of God all over the world. They are also not sinners.
Jews believed who died in a gruesome death in a sinful man.
Jesus corrected their view.
Those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them — do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.” - Lk. 13:4-5.
Death comes to all. It doesn’t matter whether we die in our sleep or die in an accident. A Good death doesn’t send a person to Heaven. Likewise a bad death doesn’t send a person to hell.
We believed In Jesus, got baptized, took part in Holy communion, by doing all this we became Holy people and sons of God. Hence however we die, we inherit the Kingdom of God. No doubt about it.
