In Christ Is
Life
Do we dare try the leap of faith? 1 recall during my student days at the University of California that a group of us one day were discussing the claims of Jesus Christ. The conversation turned to the role of faith in Chris tianity and it was soon evident that there were two schools of thought on this subject. Part of the students held that we understand, therefore we believe. The other view was that we believe, therefore we understand. This was a healthy discussion. And a basic one. It is alto gether reasonable for an intelligent human being to desire to fully understand a proposition before accepting it. Think about it. Isn’t that true in your own life? It just naturally rubs us the wrong way when we’re expected to blindly accept some thing because someone says we should. This being the case is there any place for the second point of view: we believe, therefore we understand? I think there is. It is plain objective fact that no one comes to Jesus Christ by the way of understanding before believing. God is unknowable by reason alone. The Bible says, “If anyone wills to do His will he shall understand the teach ing.” Here is God’s approach. If we will to know Him then we will understand. But always the first step is faith. Now aren’t we back at the unacceptable position of blindly believing something because someone says we should? I don’t think so. The intellectually honest and open person isn’t afraid of making an objective experiment in a certain field merely because he doesn’t understand all the facts. If this weren’t true we’d still be in the dark ages as far as scientific achieve ments are concerned. It seems to me the sensible thing to do in such a situation is to try an experiment and see if it works. If it does work then it is no longer blind faith. I think this is the way we must approach Christianity. Let’s study over the claims of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Bible. Recall that Christ said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” You’ve tried other ways and they haven’t worked. You owe it to yourself to make the test of seeing if Jesus Christ can’t bring forgiveness and peace and real, deep-down meaning to your life. Millions have made the test and uniformly attest that indeed Jesus Christ is the answer to all of life’s problems. But you will never know if it will work in your life until you personally make the experiment. No one else can do it for you. Not your dearest loved one, not your church. “If any one wills to do His will he shall understand the teaching.” Are you willing to be willing to make the experiment of trust ing in Jesus Christ? — L. H. ( I f you desire more help on what it means to become a child of God, you are invited to write The Editors, The King’s Business, 55 8 So. Hope St., Los Angeles 17, Calif.)
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