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Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia, like the fear of death, is common, yet unwarranted for those with faith in Christ. As Paul's words to the Corinthians express, death's sting is negated by Jesus' sacrifice. Believers need not fear death; it's merely a passage to eternal life, a victory and hope through resurrection afforded by faith in Jesus.
1 Corinthians 15:54-57
Arachnophobia is one of the most common fears in the world. It is the fear of spiders and people with this fear, they have a fear of daddy longlegs, which technically aren’t spiders or cellar spiders. Now, whenever people see these, they’re afraid of them. But the daddy longlegs don’t have any venom glands, and the cellar spiders don’t have strong enough venom to affect human beings.
There is no need to be afraid of these spiders. And in the same way also, there is no need for us to be afraid of death. Death has no sting for us. Its venom cannot overtake us.
Death is scary. It is inevitable. We all march towards death. People try as hard as they can to prolong their lives with different lifestyles and medicines, just so they don’t have to face death. Scientists try to devise different ways to prolong human lifespans. The fear of death grips most people. It is seen as the ultimate end to every living creature. But death is not the end for believers in Christ. Hear these comforting words from Paul to the Corinthians.
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus took the sting of death away from us on the cross. He took all of your sins and paid for them entirely. You do not need to be afraid of death because when you enter death, it is not in defeat, it is in victory. It is not the end. It is the portal to eternal life with God. And we have the hope of the resurrection, where we will be reunited with all those saints who have gone on before us. Death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? We have the victory over death through faith in Christ. Amen.
