Tell me a story, please!
I was eavesdropping on the other passengers' conversation as we
waited for more passengers to fill that small jitney at
Market-Market Mall at around 10 o'clock PM giving me a glimpse
of their lives. It's no big deal, however, for these are no
private but only casual conversations of salesperson's
experiences of the day; besides, there are no other things to
catch my attention.
We love stories like Peter Pan, Cinderella, Snow White, and
more. We love watching good movies and in every good movie is a
good story.
Have you read the latest adventure of Harry Potter or the
best-selling novel The DaVinci Code?
These stories entertain and even give us their own brand of
reality.
(Could it be that a person's search for meaning leads him to
search even on novels? What if novels tell the truth, you know?
Could it be that our search for truth leads us to search
anywhere just to find it?)
I know of another story - the story of Jesus. It is the never
ending story for after reading about the good news of salvation
through Jesus Christ, you are now faced with the decision of
either receiving a brand-new life or continuing in your
unredeemed old life leading to death.
(You may not like that statement but your attitude towards
the truth doesn't change the truth at all.)
Please allow me to quote Deuteronomy 30:19 saying "I call heaven
and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before
you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life,
that you and your offspring may live..." (ESV)
Buddha or Confucius never said "I am the way, and the truth, and
the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John
14:6 ESV) Only Jesus can say that!
Now face it, either Jesus was lying or Jesus was telling the
truth. Either he is the only way (as he claimed he was) or he
was only confused when he said those words.
In closing, consider these words: "Whoever has the Son has life;
whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life." (1
John 5:12 ESV)
Man, these are heavy words today.