The Life Unexaimined is not Worth Living
Socrates, the famous Greek philosopher, once said, "A life which is unexamined is not worth living."
Socrates is praised for his statement because he taught law, politics, and philosophy to the youth of Athens. Despite all this, he still found time to develop the principles of logic that we still use today. Many people also praise the fact that Socrates drank a cup of poison rather than be banished under false charges.
In this famous piece of advice, Socrates is attempting to convey the fact that we need to take a good, hard look at ourselves. Carefully, we should examine our faults, strengths, weaknesses, and character, and if we do not, our lives are not worth living.
Because our only purpose in life is to glorify God, we must not only examine our lives for sin, we need to see how we can better serve Christ. If we do not, we will not realize that we are sinners and will fail to serve the Redeemer. If we examine our lives and find sin, we will come to rely on Christ for our salvation and have eternal life in the fellowship of the Creator.
As it is when you buy a car, you carefully examine the engine, tires, accessories, and cost to see if it suits your needs and to see if there are problems with the the car, so must you examine your life to search for sins. If you fail to examine the car, you may find it inconvenient, and it might be potentially dangerous, just like if you fail to examine your life, you might find yourself in a dangerous spiritual state, and your life might not be worth living.
George Washington, the first President of the United States, examined himself tirelessly to see how he could better improve himself. Immersing himself in Scripture, Washington was slowly conformed to the image of Christ. Because of this, he was a faithful Christian and lived a life definitely worth living.
Paul tells us, in 2 Corinthians 13:5, "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves."
Wisely, Socrates gives us the lesson that we should examine our lives for sin. If we do not, we might as well not live it.
Socrates is praised for his statement because he taught law, politics, and philosophy to the youth of Athens. Despite all this, he still found time to develop the principles of logic that we still use today. Many people also praise the fact that Socrates drank a cup of poison rather than be banished under false charges.
In this famous piece of advice, Socrates is attempting to convey the fact that we need to take a good, hard look at ourselves. Carefully, we should examine our faults, strengths, weaknesses, and character, and if we do not, our lives are not worth living.
Because our only purpose in life is to glorify God, we must not only examine our lives for sin, we need to see how we can better serve Christ. If we do not, we will not realize that we are sinners and will fail to serve the Redeemer. If we examine our lives and find sin, we will come to rely on Christ for our salvation and have eternal life in the fellowship of the Creator.
As it is when you buy a car, you carefully examine the engine, tires, accessories, and cost to see if it suits your needs and to see if there are problems with the the car, so must you examine your life to search for sins. If you fail to examine the car, you may find it inconvenient, and it might be potentially dangerous, just like if you fail to examine your life, you might find yourself in a dangerous spiritual state, and your life might not be worth living.
George Washington, the first President of the United States, examined himself tirelessly to see how he could better improve himself. Immersing himself in Scripture, Washington was slowly conformed to the image of Christ. Because of this, he was a faithful Christian and lived a life definitely worth living.
Paul tells us, in 2 Corinthians 13:5, "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves."
Wisely, Socrates gives us the lesson that we should examine our lives for sin. If we do not, we might as well not live it.
posted by J. Hunter Quinn at 1:11 PM
1 Comments:
Poison. I take the poison.
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