In this life, justice is never certain. But we can always hope in God who says, “Vengeance is mine. I will repay.” A judgment day is coming when everything will be made know, and real justice will prevail. If mankind didn’t believe this, civilization itself would only hold together on a thread. God is the only One who can ensure true justice.
Without God, ethics are meaningless
People everywhere have an instinctive sense of knowing right from wrong and understanding we have a duty to do what we ought to do and keep from doing what we believe is wrong. But what must be true for our ethics to be meaningful?
The German philosopher, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), gave reasons why there must be a God for ethics to be meaningful. If there is no God, then all things are permissible. Therefore, for civilization to survive, we must live as if there is a God. Without an absolute standard that only God can give, all of our ethics would only reflect the personal preference of those who are in power.
Without true justice, ethics cannot be ultimately meaningful since there would be no reason to seek to be ethical if crime pays and justice doesn’t. So, Kant reasoned what would have to be true for justice to be real.
For justice to prevail there must be life after death
Since it’s obvious that justice doesn’t always prevail in this world, there must be life after death for real justice to be rendered. And for this to happen, there must be a perfect judgment made by a perfect judge who knows all the facts, who is altogether righteous himself, and who has the power to enforce the laws of justice.
These attributes, which describe the perfect judge are the same ones that describe the God of the Bible.
Although Kant’s reasoning doesn’t prove ethics are indeed meaningful, it does show that if they are, a perfect God, who issues ultimate standards of morality and holds people accountable for observing them, must exist for true justice to prevail.
So, if we live suspended between the meaningful and the meaningless, the only existential hope you have is that there is a God who will catch you when you die and jump into the abyss.
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But, if you’re now ready to know what your relationship is before God, Ask yourself two very important questions. First, are you sure that you’ll go to heaven when you die? Secondly, are you certain why God should let you into heaven? If you don’t know for sure, you can settle that matter today. Visit my post, How to Begin Your Life Over Again and you’ll know where and how you’ll spend eternity.
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