The Smartest Men Alive?

In my lifetime, I've met about two handfuls of men who thought they were the smartest men alive (and worked alongside some of them). Similar to Donald Trump, they were highly ego-driven. Even though they didn't specifically state they were the smartest men alive, by their very speech and demeanor, they thought they were.

Not to be hateful, but I've often thought of a simple question that might be asked of these ego-driven men, just to see how smart they really are. Sad to say, most of these men are now dead.

The question is, "How in the world are you going to get out of this world alive?"

The late country music icon, Hank Williams once wrote a country song relative to this question (see lyrics; see video), and he didn't have a clue. In fact, he stated, "I'll never get out of this world alive."

However, for those individuals who have even a cursory knowledge of the Bible, the answer to the above question is extremely easy.

Yes, we can get out of this world "alive" (physically speaking), "IF"......... [clue] the answer is found in Chapter 4 of the apostle Paul's 1 Thessalonian letter.

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets