Blogito Ergo Sum

Okay, so I fudged the Latin... but what better way to introduce a post on existential reality.

As we look at the history of humanity there are 3 questions that human beings have always struggled with... 1. What does it mean to exist? 2. If I exist then what is the purpose of existance? 3. How do I ensure my continued existance?

Let's answer the first question shall we... Okay, first take a hammer and hold out your thumb. Then take the hammer and gently apply the metal end to the the tip of your thumb. Do you feel pain? Eureka... you exist. I know that sounds simple, but if you didn't exist, then how could you manipulate the hammer in the first place? Never let pseudo-intelectualism confuse you. Suffering, joy, pathos, etc... all prove your existance. How can you suffer existential angst if you don't exist? So you exist, at least in the corporal and psychological sense. Though actually true existance is to be seen and known of God... we exist as we are in Him and as He sees and knows us... In Him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).


Second question, what is the purpose of existance... That one is even easier, because I don't have to think that one through. A much greater mind than me (God) has already told me that in His Word... In Revelation 4:11 It tells us that we were created for His pleasure. We exist to show forth God's wisdom, His goodness, and His love, to enjoy fellowship and communion with Him. Okay let's go on to the last one...

Throughout history man has striven for immortality, to continue to exist or at least to be remembered when they are gone. For centuries man has tried in various ways to ensure this through many methods, some erected monuments to themselves, some named cities after themselves, some men have through their superior might and intelect pushed themselves to the forefront of world history and established empires, some focus on leaving a family behind that will remember them and perpetuate their ideals and values. But all of these methods can fail...

Cities have fallen to ruin, empires collapsed, whole nations let alone families have sunk into oblivion with no remembrance of what they were even called let alone who they really were. How can we guarantee that we will continue to exist? There is one way. It is the one thing that makes sense in this world. There is only One Being that truly deserves to be remembered, God. He created man and loves man. He sent His only Son, who became a man and lived on the earth, and died on the cross to reconcile man to Him. Rather than oppressing or abusing others in an effort to gain immortality, Jesus laid aside His immortality to become a man and die on the cross. That is why He deserves remembrance... and eventually this old earth will pass away and the new heavens and the new earth will be created. When that happens the former earth will no longer be remembered, and those who fought and strove to be remembered will be forgotten with it (Isaiah 65:17, 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1).

Only those who have accepted Christ as their Saviour will enter into this new earth. Not only that but God will remember them, and the good works they have done while on this earth will follow them (Revelation 14:13).

All others will be cast into hell. There they will be forgotten and forsaken by God, and though they will have all the self-existence of physical torment and guilt of knowing their own sins, they will no longer be seen of God or known of Him. In that sense they will no longer exist, they will have failed in their existence, their life was truly in the final analysis worthless...

To which group will you belong dear reader on that day, will you be one who acknowledges Christ and His purchase of you on Calvary, who will be rewarded for your good deeds, or will you be one who denies His right to your life, and who seeks your own honour and glory rather than His.

May God grant you make the right choice.

God bless you,

Daniel Kropf