Sarang Community Church English College Session One Salvation Belonging to Christ

One of the most fundamental questions people wonder is: “What is the meaning of life?” Although answering this question is absolutely required for a person to live a meaningful life, many people live their entire lives without ever finding out the answer. It is like finding a ‘Coke bottle’ but not knowing its usage, as in the “Gods Must Be Crazy” video. Even the philosophers who ask this question are the clueless. Instead, people try to avoid this problem by occupying themselves with such things as:

• Acquiring wealth and material riches
• Grabbing for power and prestige
• Seeking pleasure, thrills and excitement
• Hoping that their lives will have some meaning

Yet these things only offer, at best, a temporary illusion of real joy. So, many make their trek into a church as it advertises the ’secret to happiness’ or ‘the meaning of life.’ But too often, these people attend church for years, never finding out the answer to their question. They fail to obtain what only God and church can offer: the meaning of life. The meaning of life is for a person to find ‘eternal life’ and help others to find it as well. Tragically, many even think it is presumptuous to think that we can know that we have eternal life. However, the bible makes it clear that we can know. Moreover, God wants us to know. In 1 John 5:13 it says, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” (NIV)

THE GOOD NEWS
Then, how does one find eternal life? It is most succinctly summarized in John 3:16; “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Let’s look at the four figures involved in the verse: God, world (us), Son (Christ), and whoever (you).



Originally posted on 21st May 2004 - 10:07 PM in the Life forum.
Sarang Community Church College Session One : Sarang Bridge Ministry - English College