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Living the Christian Life Magazine
What is Life all about?
Is there a purpose to life on earth?
“Unless you assume a God, the question of life’s purpose is meaningless” (Bertram Russell )
Mr. Russell was speaking from an atheistic viewpoint and yet his words have much truth attached to it, without a Creator God in the equation then life does become meaningless. The end result is meaninglessness and despair. When man destroys God, he destroys himself. Atheism is suicidal.
The Frenchman philosopher Jean Paul Sartre taught that each man exists in a watertight compartment as an isolated individual in a purposeless universe. Since we cannot know who we are, where we came from, and where we are going; since we do not understand the past and have no hope of the future, then the present throbbing moment is all that matters.
Only what we realize in the immediate present is significant and has meaning. Distant goals have no validity. Therefore, to sacrifice the present for the future is nonsensical and stupid. It is out of this philosophy came the “now generation,” the generation which cannot wait. The pleasure of the moment is the only rational goal of existence
The above quotations mirrors the present so called modern generation, the hostility of the austerity measures being applied by our present government to remedy the debt crisis is seen as unworkable and the cause of much poverty. But the truth of the matter is that we have become too use to living beyond our means.
The present generation is a pleasure seeking and self indulging people, with very little thought to the future. It is when we leave God out of the equation, that man falls to a lower moral level and one which is devoid of any responsibility. The self-willed person says we have freedom of action and of will. We are our own masters; we prefer the religion of self determination.
We demand ones rights while at the same time abdicating our responsibility that comes with those rights. And yet when things go wrong they utter the words “If there is a God why did he let it happen.” But sin deadens and blinds the conscience, and morality becomes subjective and has no standard, but is dependent upon circumstances.
We are drinking from the dregs of a polluted society, a society which strives for peace and well-being, while at the same time demands one’s rights without being held responsible for its subsequent actions We are living in an age which is far advanced than any previous age, technology knows no boundaries, and yet for all this advancement, man has not yet learned to be at peace with fellow man, violence and murder is very evident day by day, brutality and abuse of humankind knows no bounds.
More people are being displaced from their habitation and country of origin because of strife and wars, famine is evident in many countries and often this is because of corruption.
Yet it’s against this background, that the Biblical principles of life and harmony are seen as unworkable and out of date in a modern society. But the reality of it all is that it is the only principle that can bring order that works, a set of standards and principles that bring true peace and true harmony in our neighbourhoods.
The Ten Commandments written in stone many thousand years ago, yet still relevant today as when they were first proclaimed. It is the most profound biblical standard of life and of true moral living the world has known. They are not seen as a statement of belief, but as an active way of life, living out the truth and wisdom of the biblical message.
The summation of it all is
“acknowledging the existent of a creator God &
We are to walk in love,
to have respect for one another,”
just as Christ also loved you, and gave
Himself up for us, an offering and
a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma
(Eph 5:1-2) NASB