CHRISTIANITY FOR THE LAST DAYS

Monday, November 18, 2013

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE - A SECOND OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE WASTED


It's an interesting fact that the word "if" appears in the Bible more than 1000 times and can be found in each of its 66 books. This fact highlights the conditional nature of God's promises to the faithful and of His threats to the wicked. In other words, the fulfillment of God's word to human beings is dependent upon choices that human beings make. Still don't believe it ? Read it for yourself in a sampling of the verses at the end of this post (1).


God created man for His own glory, that after test and trial the human family might become one with the heavenly family. It was God's purpose to repopulate heaven with the human family, if they would show themselves obedient to His every word. Adam was to be tested, to see whether he would be obedient, as the loyal angels, or disobedient. If he stood the test, his instruction to his children would have been only of loyalty. His mind and thoughts would have been as the mind and thoughts of God. His character would have been molded in accordance with the character of God. 

When Adam's sin had forfeited eternal life, at infinite cost God provided for the race a second probation. The time of probation is given us that we may perfect a character fit for eternity.In this life we are on probation, placed under test and trial to form characters for the future, immortal life. We are all to be tested here in this life to prove whether, if admitted to heaven, we shall repeat the same course that Satan pursued there. The present world is designed as a scene of probation for man. He is here to form a character which will pass with him into the eternal world. Good and evil are placed before him, and his future state depends upon the choice he makes. 

Ecclesiastes 12:13,14/Revelation 20:12,13/Hebrews 5:9 and 9:27/John 5:28,29/Psalms 18:32 and 138:8/Matthew 5:48/2 Corinthians 13:11/Ephesians 4:13/Colossians 1:28

Stay tuned for the next post in this study..


(1) SAMPLE OF IMPORTANT VERSES WITH THE WORD "IF"

Deuteronomy 4:29-31 and 8:19 and 28:1,2,9,15,58 and 30:10
Isaiah 58:9,10,13
Jeremiah 15:19
Ezekiel 3:19,21,33:8.9
Matthew 19:17,21
Mark 9:23
Romans 10:9
Matthew 6:14,15
John 13:17 and 14:15 and 15:14
Romans 8:13
Colossians 3:1
1 John 2:29



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