The Yearning for Immortality

by W. Frank Walton

Man is not a sophisticated monkey, all dressed up with no place to go. He uniquely has an immortal spirit planted in his being by God. Solomon observed, "He set eternity in our heart...the spirit shall return to God who gave it" (Ecc 3:11, 12;9). God the Creator is 'the father of spirits" so man is "the offspring of God" (Heb 12:9, Acts 17:29).

We believe in immortality and we try to prove it , not because we must prove it, but because man instinctively cannot help believing it. It is the hunger of the soul reaching out for the eternal God (Acts 17:27). "When God wants to carry a point with his children, he plants His arguments, in part, in man instincts" (Emerson).

Deep down, we know this life is not all there is. There is a spiritual reality beyond this earthly valley of tears and travail. The risen Christ of history assures us that our instincts are right. "Because I live, you shall live also" (Jn 14:19). Paul says, "We know we have...a home...eternal in the heavens" (2 Cor 5:1). We need not pillow our head on guesses when we die (J. Cook). Above the clouds, the sun is always shining in the light of God's presence.

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