They are questions that won’t go away. In human hearts everywhere—man, woman, boy, girl—in every corner of the world—the same questions arise in a thousand different languages. “Is there a God?” “Who is God?” “Does He love me?” “How can I please Him?” “How can my sins be forgiven?” “Is there life after death?” “Where will I go after I die?”

So we run in different directions—to prophets and would-be saviors—desperately seeking answers. Many offer a way to please the Deity—using different names for God. But only one—Jesus—dares to say “I am the way.”¹ Many say, “You will find truth in our religion.” Only Christ says with authority, “I am the truth.”² Other prophets and religions offer vague hopes and visions of an afterlife. Here comes Jesus saying, “I am the life,”³ and guarantees that those who trust in Him have (that’s present tense) the assurance of eternal life and forgiveness of their sins.⁴ He speaks of a future in heaven and inheriting a new sin-free earth⁵ with such authority that none dared—or dare—to question it.

Today, this incredible Savior offers to enter and change your life. That’s because, unlike other religious teachers, He is not dead. The facts attest to His resurrection, and millions of transformed lives, mine included, offer proof of what Jesus said, “I am He that lives and was dead, and, behold, I am alive forevermore.”⁶

A nineteenth century writer put it this way; “He [Jesus] was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village, where He worked in a carpenter shop until he was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family or owned a home. He didn’t go to college. He never visited a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where He was born. He did none of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself.

“He was only thirty-three when the tide of public opinion turned against Him. His friends ran away. One of them denied him. He was turned over to His enemies and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves.

“While He was dying, His executioners gambled for His garments, the only property He had on earth. When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend. Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today He is the central figure of the human race.

“All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man on this earth as much as that one solitary life.”

Now you have one solitary life—your own. What will you do with it? What will you do with Jesus?!

¹ John 14:6

² John 14:6

³ John 14:6

⁴ John 3:36

⁵ Matt. 5:5

⁶ Rev. 1:18

"Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ" (I Corinthians 11:1)
The ST. PAUL SCHOOL, with Frank Eiklor, Eileen Young and Cecilia Contreras