Tozer, Norman Geisler, and Ravi Zacharias. I had studied the sermons and theology of John Wesley, A.W. Prior to adhering to the Calvinistic position, I was a highly informed and white-knuckled proponent of Arminianism. Coming from a long history of dead religion, the radical spiritual awakening that occurred at the point of my rebirth drove me to an insatiable investigation of the process of my own rebirth and salvation. Several years ago, in an audio clip from a John Piper sermon, I remember him saying (and I’m paraphrasing), “When I found myself alive in Christ, I quickly embarked on a journey to understand what happened to me?” This was true of my conversion as well. It is in this second question that we, as Christians, find the comprehension and, as a result, the beauty, wonder, gratitude, and glory of the first. It is the polisher of the diamond or the exalter of the prize. However, it is the second question that magnifies the magnificence of the first. The first-century Greek philosopher Plutarch defends this fact when he said, “If we traverse the world, it is possible to find cities without walls, without letters, without kings, without wealth, without coin, without schools and theatres but a city without a temple, or that practiseth not worship, prayer, and the like, no one ever saw.” Our relationship with God is paramount. Society proves this by sheer sociological evidence.
The first, as we know, is life’s most primary issue and devours any other curiosity that attempts to rival against it. The first must obviously precede the second because the second deals with the preexisting state of the first. The second is a historical investigation.
They are questions that have haunted some, plagued others, and overjoyed many. The answers to these two questions will shape every facet of your existence-from tying your shoes and choosing a church to how you discipline your children and even the focus of your funeral.
There are two essential questions in the human life.
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