“What’s it all about?” is The Eternal Euestion that has no doubt been asked millions of times since the episode in the Garden of Eden. Having listened to their Creator, Adam and Eve knew the answer–Life was all about obeying His Words, which would create good standing with Him which He would reward with everlasting life. However, following a short conversation with Satan we find that their belief system had been reversed by his (Satan’s) use of one word: “Not.” God had commanded them not to so much as touch a particular tree that grew in the middle of the garden. The penalty for doing so was death. They believed Him. However,Satan had reversed their belief system by telling them what they wanted to hear–that they could defy God and “… not surely die”–they could sin and still have eternal life. The devil had dangled self-determination in front of them and it had worked to perfection. Nothing has changed. Adam and Eve, along with 99.9% of their descendants, including the church, answer the eternal question with statements that sound something like this: Life is all about doing what I want to do, how I want to do it, when I want to do it, and being rewarded for it. In the church realm, that reward is the same as was promised Adam and Eve–eternal life with Jesus Christ. In other words, for the church the wages of sin is eternal life. However, the Lord’s wage is quite different. God and man have somewhat different versions of the  “Christian walk.”  Man’s is primarily: “Any way I want it.” The Lord’s answer is: “My way only.” The Lord has been out voted billions to One.

The purpose of life is the most important question ever uttered in that it involves eternity, which we all must enter into, ready or not. Man lives this life according to how he answers The Question. If one answers correctly, one will spend eternity with the Lord in the Kingdom of God. If one answers incorrectly, one will be burned to ash in the Lake of Fire and be walked upon by those who answered correctly (Eze. 28:18; Mal. 4:3).

The Question under consideration must not be put to the Lord Who has already answered it in the pages of His Holy Bible–His Book of Life. Rather, religious man must ask it of himself and must answer it from his heart. “What’s it all about?” is a question with three parts. Part one: “What is God’s will for me as stated in His Word?” Part two: “Do I love Him enough to study His Word in search of His will for me?” And Part three: “Am I willing to obey His Word and thereby fulfill His will for me?” The honest Truth-seeker knows that all three questions involve one central theme: Death. L.J.