Eternity is in Our Hearts

Man instinctively knows that his soul will transcend time and exist again beyond physical death.  Man seeks to define God so that the mystery of eternity can be understood in natural terms and allow himself to gain control over it.  But, God has not granted man the right or the ability to define Him by experience or natural observation.  God retains the right to reveal Himself to man and it is only by His own revelation of Himself that man has any hope of knowing anything about God or his relationship to God.

Some Things Must Be Revealed

Sometimes it seems there is nothing humanity will fail to master, given enough time, imagination and effort.  The frontiers of knowledge and scientific advancement seem limitless.  There are, however, two questions that are beyond the ability of humans to answer by their own thinking and observation.

1.  Who, or what is God?

2.  What is our relationship to God?

It was in 1977-78 that I began a quest to discover the truth about God.  I think such a quest is common to most people at some point in their life.  In my case,  I was not well focused during the first few years I was investigating God.  I would run into someone who had an interesting perspective on God and  spirituality and I would chase that idea until it became illogical for one reason or another.  Eventually it dawned on me that all I was doing was evaluating a lot of human opinion and there was no way to verify the truth of anything on a factual basis.  The only conclusion I could reach was that a lot of people seemed to believe this way or that and they were very sincere about it.   This was long before I understood how sincerely people can believe a lie.

When it comes to defining God, we must have an authentic revelation from beyond ourselves and the natural world.