Man and Woman

     Not so long ago, one of my students in Sunday school disgustedly announced that he got one mistake in his Biology class quiz for answering God created man instead of evolution.  This is the usual controversy young people have to go through in living with the truth.  This very fact inspired me to write about man and woman.
     In the beginning, "God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them," as blatantly proclaimed by Genesis 1:27.  Above everything else, the Bible proclaims God did it! man and woman are not here by accident, nor do we exist just to please ourselves.  We exist because God wants us to.  Every cell of our bodies is carefully knitted by His hands.  The "laminin," a component of our bod y similar to DNA, definitely looks like a cross, as exposed by Louis Giglio.  The "laminin" in our bodies serve as the artist's signature proclaiming, "This is mine." What an amazing discovery that is.
     Man and woman were created by Him and for Him.  Ecclesiastes 12:14 clearly sums up the reason of our very existence saying, "...fear God and keep His commandments for this is the whole duty of man (and woman)."
     Now, let us take a look at the lives we live.  oftentimes, Filipinos would say, "Life is like a wheel," when asked what is life.  That is because we believe that sometimes we are up and sometimes we are down; but the wheel keeps turning round and round that no one could hardly stay unchanged for the rest of his/her life.
     We are on a neverending quest of a fuller life.  A man and a woman could not absolutely say that success, money, or fame is the end of the journey because they often find themselves empty even with all these things amidst them.  You might wonder why, just as many others before you had wondered.  If you open your Bible in Romans 5:12, you will see that, "just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all man (and woman), because all sinned," you will know that sin caused us to be empty though we seem full.  This is the bad news.
     If there is a bad news, there is also good news! The good news is that Jesus Christ is able and the only one who is able to fill the emptiness so you and I can be full again.  In this way, man and woman will live life, a true life indeed.
     But our story has not come to an end yet.  There is still one more thing I want you to know about.
     This is with regards to Luke 16:23, "in hell, where he is in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side." This passage talks about the reality of life after death.  It simply means every man and woman has an eternal life! But, the big question is where will you spend your eternity? will you be in hell for eternal punishment or heaven for eternal peace?
     The key to finding the right choice is by asking for God's forgiveness of your sins and accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.
     Now, I have told you my story.  It is now your turn to do something about what you have learned.  Make haste before your end comes.