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the unknown. Young man, can you give me a ray of hope?” (
Reader’s
Digest
, December, 1972).
This is the greatest personal problem for all human beings,
for everyone has to die. The experience of thousands of years has
produced no exception to this rule. There being no appointed time
for death to take place makes the problem even more immediate.
Even a man with the greatest riches at his disposal knows that he
can neither postpone his death—regardless of his resources—nor
buy success in the next world. And this makes him frightened. This
niche in human nature is the best vantage point from which to go
straight to people’s hearts with the invitation to accept the Truth.
This is the unguarded door which is always left open. Whenever a
da‘i
knocks this door, he will find it open.
Ca l li n g Pe o p l e t o Tre a d t h e Pa t h o f God
