Homiletic Monthly Job 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. I. REASON FAILS TO ANSWER. So men say there is no positive proof; "but wait," says science, "I have unravelled mysteries before"; so the anxious question. II. SCIENCE ANSWERS — 1. The body dies, but the soul lives. (1) Body prepared for soul, not soul for body. (2) But soul has longings, hopes; can science satisfy these? 2. In nature is the law of co-relation — incompleteness completed. But we are conscious that soul has not reached highest perfection; but, says science, See how nature supplies her creatures' demands. (1) But can nature satisfy longing for unending being? No. Science's testimony does not fully satisfy. Her speculations are but born of the finite. We seek the sure foundation — the true argument for immortality. Whence can it come? III. A VOICE FAMILIAR FALLS UPON OUR HEARTS. "I give eternal life." "I am the Life." Yes, in the testimony of Jesus Christ is the mystery of being made clear. Science can give nothing so positive. Therefore, finally — 1. What is your responsibility as an immortal being? 2. How are you meeting that responsibility? (Homiletic Monthly.) Parallel Verses KJV: If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. |
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