The Simple Meaning of Life

"All things are summed up in Christ both in heaven and on earth.

"For there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.

"In that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

"For the wages of sin is death (that is the second death, the lake of fire), but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

"That I may be found in Him, not having a righteous of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith."

In the twenty-first century, the beginning of the third millennium, it's not in vogue to talk about sin or the consequences of sin.  Hell is an undesirable four letter word tabooed by our generation.  But if there is neither sin nor punishment for sin, then Christ died needlessly.  And in the distance, we can vaguely hear the songwriter's chant, "I swear there ain't no heaven, but I pray there ain't no Hell."

Eternal salvation, being rescued from the consequences of sin, is based on faith, and faith alone.  So simple.  Believing that Christ is who He says He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

I say to the atheists who proclaim, "There is no God," and to the agnostics who declare, "I can't know, for nothing can be known with any certainty about God or the supernatural," what if you are wrong?  

In his Revelation, the Apostle John unveiled "the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.  And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."