I cannot think of any subject that heightens the necessity of proclaiming the gospel, than that of eternal life. True, other religions are out there. However, anyone who surveys them will know that they are utterly empty of any gospel promise.
The mind cults of the East offer only transient benefits, even if they work. Yet, the gospel has more than mere mental poise in view. The efforts that the cults insist must be made in order 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 transcendental meditation, or Quietism, or Stoicism. He was and is, primarily, a Savior!
As for other religions, which of them offers eternal life now? Some only promise the end of existence. The teachings of “Karma” imagine life as such a misery that obliteration is the only way out!
Then there is the Paradise promise, which consists of endless sensual pleasure. That sounds 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, and will not fade throughout eternity.
The mind cults of the East offer only transient benefits, even if they work. Yet, the gospel has more than mere mental poise in view. The efforts that the cults insist must be made in order 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 transcendental meditation, or Quietism, or Stoicism. He was and is, primarily, a Savior!
As for other religions, which of them offers eternal life now? Some only promise the end of existence. The teachings of “Karma” imagine life as such a misery that obliteration is the only way out!
Then there is the Paradise promise, which consists of endless sensual pleasure. That sounds 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, and will not fade throughout eternity.
