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| Why We Exist |
| Written by Reinhard Bonnke |
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There is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, Science and its marvels scan the heavens and give us access to the terrifying stretches of space and time. We can now look across the endless beyond, the velvety dark sky glittering with the gleam of uncountable galaxies. Our world survives in the midst of swirling infinities. We peer into the expanse above us and the sight swamps our minds and overwhelms our spirit. Amid the wheeling galactic systems, the countless worlds like dust clouds and the whole engulfing vortex, do we have any significance? In this infinity can the weak voices of our proclamation of the cross register anything? What use is our gospel message against the vastness of such cosmic activity? There is only one true answer: “These are the things of God.” He is their explanation, full and adequate. Creation is the signature of the Almighty. He formed and cast all visible things for himself. He hammered them out on his anvil to fit himself. We are finitely little for these infinite splendours but God the Creator is too great for anything less. The glory of the heavens is only a pale reflection of his glory. The burning nebulae are jewels that fell from his garments and scattered as he passed by. The Milky Way is a ring for his little finger. By his breath the skies became fair
and these are but the outer fringe of his works. (Job 26:13) God created all things and told us why; he did not leave us guessing. His word is greater than Creation. He has left us here in his world with his word and for his word, creatures of understanding amid mindless dust clouds of swirling stars. I saw an angel flying in mid-air,
and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth – to every nation, tribe, language and people. (Rev 14:6) Creation relates only to the Creator. Nothing exists for itself; no one exists in isolation from others – except rebellious sinners, who then lose their only validity, which is God. We are not our own meaning and without God we are irrelevant. Without God our world, its commerce, its industrious activities, its governments and its institutions become vanity and vexation of spirit, as motiveless as the wind that blows from south to north and back again (see Ecclesiastes 1:6). “You are worthy, our Lord and God, The heavens declare God’s glory and his word articulates it. That is the word that we preach, the good news that we share. There cannot be any other word; only one word can be true, just as existence can have only one reason and only one meaning. The unchangeable truth is that if the world does not relate to the gospel, it relates to nothing. If the world has nothing to do with the Church of Jesus Christ, it is nothing and going nowhere. The gospel explains it all and nothing else does. Disown the gospel and darkness falls. No other voice tells us what the world is for; no other light illuminates the mystery of our own presence on earth. Our message is far more than forgiveness and heaven. Our calling is to put a kind hand on the shoulder of the world and turn it round to see God. It will adore him. The Lord is the Saviour. He is not there for us; we live for him. He saves us for himself, for his own glory. Our preaching does not end in people but in God. He takes delight in what he does for us. He loves because to love gives him joy. He loves beyond all the parameters of human affection and makes even the assault of the cross an expression of his love. His pain asserts it. His finds satisfaction in giving, pouring himself out to us, surrounding us with wonders, making his redeemed the garden of delight in which he walks. To proclaim the gospel is to move for him, act with him, love in him, and delight in his joy as the privilege, meaning and purpose of all life. God is the God of salvation. That is the ABC and the XYZ of our knowledge. Who has saved us and called us to a holy life – |
