As to Ultimate Answers

These are days when men are earnestly searching for answers, and superficial answers will not satisfy for it is more than a matter of temporal or surface considerations. It all comes down to a question of what men really are, what they should be, where they came from, where they are going, and why they are here.

Is time all there is? Is there eternity beyond time? Is personality perpetuated? Can we count on the love and companionship of loved ones beyond the limits of this life? Will we hereafter really recognize family and friends? Are men immortal in the literal, substantive sense or is immortality only a manner of speaking, such as living in our descendants, or such as our service or an influence that is forever felt?

And why are such questions important? Why can we not live life as it comes, from day to day, and cease concerning ourselves about ultimate answers?

One reason is because what we are or think we are largely determines how we live, what we do with life. He who thinks there is no immortality, no accountability, no continuance no heaven or hereafter is likely to live a different life from him who believes in a literal and loving eternal Father, who sent us here and expects us to return to account for what we have done with our opportunities. What men think they are, what they believe about life and its length, its purpose, its ultimate objectives, separates them in many essentials.

Now, as to a conviction concerning things we can count on, including our conviction concerning Jesus the Christ that He did live, and die, and rise again the third day; that He did break the bonds of death and assure us all everlasting life.  God has not deceived us in this assurance. He who keeps the stars in their course has given us this what we can count on. This was the mission and message of the Master, the Savior and Redeemer of mankind. This was the cause for His coming.

And we witness His divinity and the literal reality of His resurrection, as with our loved ones we move on to personal everlasting life, toward the answers and the peace we so much seek, and with a conviction in these wonderful words: “I know that my redeemer liveth.”