What is life? How did it begin? Where can one find the answers? They still escape students, philosophers and scientists today as they did yesterday—as they have done for generations past. In Christ, and Christ alone, is the answer.
A newspaper correspondent sat on a bench in a park. Next to him was a woman reading a New Testament. "An interesting book?" he asked.
Startled, she answered: "It is a holy book!"
She went on to explain that she had once been a member of the "Young Communists." She had wanted to learn all about the origin and meaning of life, why we live, and where we go. From her communist leaders she could get no satisfaction. Her questions were usually ignored, but eventually she learned that everything was material. She absorbed the teaching that LIFE was only matter—matter pulsing with electrical vibrations.
"It was horrible!" she exclaimed, with a shudder of disgust.
The questioner sneered, "And now from that Book you know the origin of everything?"
She replied, "Yes, now I know. Everything is vanity except the gospel of God. It is like a cool well, full of stillness. In it I find all the right answers, and it gives rest from the desires of the world."
What a contrast to a young man who suddenly came into the possession of a great deal of money! Throwing his money right and left, he sampled all the "pleasures of sin" and extravagance. Did it bring him real joy or peace? No. He ended his life, a suicide. Before killing himself he wrote his own obituary: "Died of old age at 21."
Jesus Christ is the source of life. Indeed, He supports the life which He brings. Through His death alone His life is available to all who will make it their own by faith in the once-crucified but now risen and glorified Son of God.