Cagle Grams: Let the dead bury the dead

"And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer (let) me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead" (Matthew 8:22 KJV). Death means separation. We are born spiritually dead in trespasses and sin (Ephesians 2:1) and are thereby separated and alienated from a thrice-holy God. We will die physically. "The living know that they shall die" (Ecclesiastes 9:5). When our mortal body dies, our spirit leaves the body to go to another condition of existence in either Heaven or Hell, determined by what we did with Jesus Christ; whether we accepted Him as our Savior or rejected Him. Physical death is our spirit's separation from our