Most people live their lives with no clue why they were born to live life on planet earth. Their common assumption is that they are simply the product of their parents' union and a cog in the order of life and death that plague all mankind. Philosophers, evolutionists and educators are in constant debate about the meaning and purpose of life - but never come to the knowledge of the truth! But only those who truly search the Bible will understand that there is a transcendent life purpose determined by the Godhead, currently composed of two Supreme Supernatural God Beings, Who are working to build a divine Family of immortal and powerful god beings to restore the government of God on earth (by default ceded to Satan and the demons) during the millennial age and then the universe during the age of eternity.
The world's religion has held back God's gospel message since the time of the first century church. As the gospel message of the kingdom of God involves God's government and God's family ruling His kingdom, Satan has a vested interest in thwarting the true gospel from reaching the masses. In this church age, Satan is still sitting on his throne (2 Cor 4:4), but all these is about to change. He knows his days are numbered as he lost his right to govern to Jesus Christ some two thousand years ago (Matt 4:3-11). Christ is now in heaven awaiting His inauguration with the coming kingdom of God when He returns to earth (Luke 19:12). Christ true disciples are to live by faith with hope and love (1 Cor 13:13) while awaiting His return. But faith and hope will fade away when the perfect comes (1 Cor 13:10) as His true disciples will be born again as immortal god beings into His divine family, and only love will remain for all eternity - hence the greatest of these three virtues is love!
God's divine family involves the very purpose of your life and mine. But the wise men of this world (Satan's kingdom of darkness) refuse to know and scoff at God's revelation, choosing to go in cahoots with Satan and his demons to deceive the people of the world. The Apostle Paul had to rebuke the Corinthian church of the first century for being carnal, like babes in Christ choosing to feed on milk rather than solid food, with envy, strife and divisions among them (1 Cor 3:1-3). Unfortunately, such rebuke is still relevant in the twentieth-first century. For many know not that the goal of a Christian is to receive an immortal spirit body at the resurrection to fulfill the very purpose of being - to bear the image of the heavenly Man ( which is Christ Himself - 1 Cor 15:49)
But God's spiritual creation of man is still work-in-progress, basically unfinished. Job understood the purpose of God for his life for 'All the days of my hard service I will wait, till my change comes. You shall call, and I will answer You. You shall desire the work of Your hands.' (Job 14: 14-15). He knew that God was at work within him to prepare him for eternity. God is the potter, we are the clay (Jer 18:6). For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them ( Eph 2:10). However, God is only working among those whom He has called in this church age. Even then, only relatively few of those who are called will eventually qualified to be in the first resurrection (Matt 20:16b; 22:14) to inherit the kingdom of God ( little flock - Luke 12:32 ) to become members of God's royal divine family. The rest of humanity will have to wait till when Christ returns and Satan bound to be in the qualifying process.
To build the very character of God is the very reason you and I exist. However, it is hard work as it takes time, effort, discipline and experience to acquire godly character. But the Spirit of God is helping those whom He has called in the process. Those who try to do so on their own effort will not make it. Our role is to obey by yielding to Him and let God accomplish His purpose in and through us. It is Christ in us (Gal 2:20; 4:19; Col 1:27; Eph3:17; 2 Cor 13:5) that does the character building process which the Heavenly Father guides through the Spirit of God indwelling in the mind of those He has called. Those who are carnal will not qualify (Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:5; 1 Cor 6:9-10). Make no mistake, only members of God's royal divine family (they have to become inheritors, not just heirs, to see and enter the kingdom of God) will rule the earth during the millennial age and the whole universe in the age of eternity! (Hebrews 2:5-11).
The world's religion has held back God's gospel message since the time of the first century church. As the gospel message of the kingdom of God involves God's government and God's family ruling His kingdom, Satan has a vested interest in thwarting the true gospel from reaching the masses. In this church age, Satan is still sitting on his throne (2 Cor 4:4), but all these is about to change. He knows his days are numbered as he lost his right to govern to Jesus Christ some two thousand years ago (Matt 4:3-11). Christ is now in heaven awaiting His inauguration with the coming kingdom of God when He returns to earth (Luke 19:12). Christ true disciples are to live by faith with hope and love (1 Cor 13:13) while awaiting His return. But faith and hope will fade away when the perfect comes (1 Cor 13:10) as His true disciples will be born again as immortal god beings into His divine family, and only love will remain for all eternity - hence the greatest of these three virtues is love!
God's divine family involves the very purpose of your life and mine. But the wise men of this world (Satan's kingdom of darkness) refuse to know and scoff at God's revelation, choosing to go in cahoots with Satan and his demons to deceive the people of the world. The Apostle Paul had to rebuke the Corinthian church of the first century for being carnal, like babes in Christ choosing to feed on milk rather than solid food, with envy, strife and divisions among them (1 Cor 3:1-3). Unfortunately, such rebuke is still relevant in the twentieth-first century. For many know not that the goal of a Christian is to receive an immortal spirit body at the resurrection to fulfill the very purpose of being - to bear the image of the heavenly Man ( which is Christ Himself - 1 Cor 15:49)
But God's spiritual creation of man is still work-in-progress, basically unfinished. Job understood the purpose of God for his life for 'All the days of my hard service I will wait, till my change comes. You shall call, and I will answer You. You shall desire the work of Your hands.' (Job 14: 14-15). He knew that God was at work within him to prepare him for eternity. God is the potter, we are the clay (Jer 18:6). For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them ( Eph 2:10). However, God is only working among those whom He has called in this church age. Even then, only relatively few of those who are called will eventually qualified to be in the first resurrection (Matt 20:16b; 22:14) to inherit the kingdom of God ( little flock - Luke 12:32 ) to become members of God's royal divine family. The rest of humanity will have to wait till when Christ returns and Satan bound to be in the qualifying process.
To build the very character of God is the very reason you and I exist. However, it is hard work as it takes time, effort, discipline and experience to acquire godly character. But the Spirit of God is helping those whom He has called in the process. Those who try to do so on their own effort will not make it. Our role is to obey by yielding to Him and let God accomplish His purpose in and through us. It is Christ in us (Gal 2:20; 4:19; Col 1:27; Eph3:17; 2 Cor 13:5) that does the character building process which the Heavenly Father guides through the Spirit of God indwelling in the mind of those He has called. Those who are carnal will not qualify (Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:5; 1 Cor 6:9-10). Make no mistake, only members of God's royal divine family (they have to become inheritors, not just heirs, to see and enter the kingdom of God) will rule the earth during the millennial age and the whole universe in the age of eternity! (Hebrews 2:5-11).
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