Death brings separation and sorrow. The Bible does teach us that God is able to use what is, in and of itself, evil, in order to bring about what is good. Let us consider, then, how death can be called a good and gracious thing in our lives. Death is a reminder to man of the seriousness of sin in God's sight. While our society has taken a casual attitude toward sin, God never has and never will.
Death is a reminder of the seriousness of sin.
Death is a reminder of the certainty of God's promises. Not only does death instruct us that God takes sin seriously, but that God takes His promises seriously. God told Adam that eating of the forbidden fruit would bring death. No man has ever avoided death, which strongly underscores that God always keeps His word. And if this is true of the warnings concerning His judgment, it is just as true of His promise of salvation.