Most congregations of the RCUS confess the Apostles' Creed as part of their regular Sunday worship service. Many of its articles are clear and straightforward, so that there isn't too much to misunderstand. When it says that Jesus "suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried," we have some idea of what suffering, death, and burial involve.

But what does the Apostles' Creed mean by the phrase "life everlasting"? We know something about life, perhaps, but our brief existence of twenty, fifty or even eighty years on this earth hardly qualifies us to understand everlasting. For this we have to turn to the One who is Himself everlasting and who has been "our dwelling place in all generations" (Ps. 90:1-2). We turn to the Father of eternity Himself.