I cannot think of anything that makes
clearer the urgent need for proclaiming the
Gospel to every creature, than the subject
of Eternal life after death. True, other
religions are out there. But anyone who
surveys them will know they are totally
empty of any Gospel promise. The mind
cults of the East would offer only transient
benefits, even if they did work. But the
Gospel has more than mere mental poise
in view. The efforts the cults insist must be
made to achieve harmony with nature are
not worthwhile. Jesus did not come to give
us religious feelings or to suggest to us a
system of mind power. He came to save
us, not to explain how our "inner
resources" can be tapped to save
ourselves. Jesus was not a teacher of TM,
or Quietism, or Stoicism. He was and is,
first and foremost, a Savior. As for other
religions, which of them offers eternal life
now? Some only promise the end of
existence. The teachings of "Karma" see
life as such a misery that obliteration is the
only way out! Then there is the Paradise
promise, which consists of endless sensual
pleasure. Unending gluttony and
everlasting lust sound more like hell than
heaven to me. The supreme wonder of the
Gospel is its present realization of Life—life
of such quality that it cannot fade for
eternity. Jesus said to her, "I am the
resurrection and the life. He who believes
in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
And whoever lives and believes in Me shall
never die. Do you believe this?" (John
11:25-26) God bless you. REINHARD
BONNKE