Someone once asked a college student, "Why do you study so hard?" "How can you graduate if you don't study hard?" He replied.
But the man asked, "What will happen after graduation?" "You can wear a square hat after graduation; The best thing in life, the wedding night, to be no.1. "
The man was very wordy. He asked, "What if I wear a square hat?" "Marriage, of course. If you have children in the future, you must educate them. "
"What about the future?" "Of course I am old."
"What should I do when I am old?" "Of course I will die!"
"What happens after death?" "……"
In a geometry class, I found a jingle: "There is geometry in life! Why learn geometry! Studied geometry. Energy geometry? Don't learn geometry and geometry? " This is the portrayal of young students' inner anguish!
A man went to the hospital to see a doctor. The doctor said to him, "you don't have any diseases, so you don't need to take medicine." If you are depressed and negative, you might as well go to the Grand Theatre to see the clown's funny performance, which will make you smile. " Hearing this, the man's eyes turned red and tears welled up in his eyes. It turns out that he is the actor. Many dancers in the ballroom are happy, although they are beautifully dressed. Many people are sweating like rain, fighting for their lives and sighing! A woman as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade will soon wrinkle her hair! It is true that life can have geometry, which makes people feel empty and confused!
Moreover, life is facing an inevitable tragedy! Everyone does not want to live, but to die; Live one more day, and you will be closer to death! Death is the greatest threat to life and the greatest enemy. It doesn't understand human feelings, it doesn't show its face, you bribe it, it doesn't love money; You cry to it, it is deaf, it is a vicious executioner. When it tries to catch you, it will drag you to the abyss of death!
How do you feel about life? Do you have a future in life? Do you have a goal? How was it before death? What about after death Why are you alive? What is the meaning of your life? Some people may say, "be a man, why be so serious?" Be a man, just don't analyze it too carefully. Think so much, of course, it is boring to be a man! Being a man, being a man, is not thinking about it, muddling along and doing it in a muddle! " Is it necessary for people who are the soul of all things to be so confused?
Bottom line: the overall situation of life is really empty and boring, because I abandoned the true God and lived in sin. But the true God sent Jesus into the world to make atonement for everyone and to rise again after death. Those who believe in him will get forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Therefore, Jesus said, "I have come so that people may have life and have it more abundantly." Isn't this good news worthy of our attention? Isn't this the gospel that everyone dreams of pursuing?
Maybe someone will think: why didn't Jesus say, "I came to get money or fame." But he said, "Make people live and live more abundantly"? Yes, money, reputation and status are good and important, but they are not necessarily blessings or a happy and satisfied life in the future; But believing in Jesus can solve the most pressing problems in life. What he said is aimed at the greatest needs of life-because he said that he would give people who believe in him a rich and meaningful life. Since ancient times, countless Christians have confirmed this sentence from experience. Those who truly believe in Jesus and accept his name have a rich and satisfying life, peace and joy in their hearts, and they will no longer live a boring life. Some people think that "life is like a bubble", so they take a negative and world-weary attitude; But because Jesus enriched his life, those who believe in him will not perish, but will have eternal life and believe in this life and the afterlife. Therefore, these two lives are very different. Excuse me, what kind of choice do you have for life?
Bubble life shows the emptiness of life, and finally it is completely disillusioned. But Jesus said, "I have come so that people may have life and have it more abundantly." Pay special attention to this word "de" No matter how short, hard and illusory life is, as long as we can grasp the word "gain", any problem will be solved.
The word "de" illustrates two important things:
(1) gains something-since it is a gain, it is naturally not a loss. Some people think that believing in Jesus will deprive people of many pleasures in life. This is forbidden and that is impossible. What's the fun of life? So some people say, "I don't believe it when I am old. Now I am still young, I want to be free and happy. " In fact, this is a wrong idea. Christians can still enjoy legitimate entertainment, and even non-Christians know that those improper things are harmful; And when people believe in Jesus and have a new life, they will have new hobbies, and the old hobbies will no longer like nature.
Dogs can only walk on the ground all their lives, not fly in the sky; But if you put on the life of a bird, you will fly naturally. Pigs like dirty life; People who belong to the sheep naturally like cleanliness. Those who have used electric lights will no longer want oil lamps; With a car, who still loves riding a bike? After people believe in Jesus, many previous hobbies will naturally lose interest; On the contrary, he will be filled with joy and peace because he believes in Jesus. He feels that life is particularly meaningful and fulfilling, and he will not feel empty and boring like he used to.
The joy of believing in Jesus is full from the inside and overflowing from the outside. Secular happiness is added from the outside in. The external is gone, and the internal is gone, which also brings a lot of pain. What overflows is the expression of life, which is related to life and is not dominated by the environment; Therefore, every Christian poem is full of words of peace and joy. Jesus came not to exploit, but to increase; Not to lose, but to gain. Believing in Jesus can satisfy an empty life. What was originally sad can be turned into joy; Negative things can be turned into positive things.
(2) Get a life-the world tries its best to get something: fame, profit and status ... but nothing is more important and precious than believing in Jesus. Jesus once said, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?" What else can people exchange for life? "Please note that believing in Jesus is to gain life!
Some people may say, did Jesus come to give life? We can talk, laugh, run and jump. Do we have no life? Yes! We have life. However, our life is weak, corrupt, temporary and limited. This sentence of Jesus shows that we should have another life, which is sacred, eternal, bright and rich.
There are levels of life in the world. For example, animal life is higher than plant life, human life is higher than animal life, and God's life is higher than human life. The Bible says, "People have life with the Son of God, and there is no life without the Son of God." To believe in Jesus is to be reborn; In other words, immortality.
The life of human body is temporary, and it is to be destroyed by sin. Only those who believe in Jesus can forgive sins and live forever. If there is no hope of eternal life, life is a great tragedy. There is a coffin in front of people, and the days are getting closer every day. Whether you are stupid, kind or corrupt, rich or poor, you live in the world, bustling, arrogant and silent, but the final outcome is the same death. If death is the ultimate destination of life, then life is really illusory and hopeless! In fact, the death of human body is "temporary death" and the death of human soul is "eternal death", but thank God, he told those who believe in Jesus not to live for death, but to live; Because he gave a new life, a happy life and a rich life forever. Whoever believes in Jesus will not perish, but will have eternal life; He did not enter the destination of darkness, vanity and death, but went to the goal of light and hope; He was born from death, entered the light from darkness, and was satisfied from emptiness.