Through the tree of knowledge, death came upon all men, but through the tree of the cross came the resurrection of the dead. Now as sure as you're born, you are going to die. But just as sure as you are going to die, you are going to have to get up someday. Some will rise to eternal incorruption, others to eternal corruption. It's not your choice, it's God's choice.
All men know that they are going to die, but many doubt the resurrection.
Make no mistake about it, death will not shield you from the consequences of the life that you lived while on this earth. You will have to get up some day and face the judgment of a righteous, just, and a holy God. If Christ is not your hope throughout eternity, then in this life you have no hope. Because death is not the end, but rather a new beginning. For in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.