What is the purpose of human life?

What is the purpose of human life?
What is God's purpose for my life?

Q. What is the purpose of human life? What is God's purpose for my life?

(Submitted by: Valerie)

A. To answer your question, what is God's purpose for us individually, we need to first come to understand God's purpose for everyone.

In 1 Corinthians 15:24, 28 the Apostle Paul said once Jesus Christ finished all the work God gave Christ to do, then all will be turned over to the Father so God can be all and in all. Very clearly Paul states God's purpose is to reproduce Himself.

" For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

Then [cometh] the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy [that] shall be destroyed [is] death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under [him, it is] manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. " (1 Corinthians 15:24, 28)

God cannot give any greater gift than to give everything He is. All that God is and has he wants to give to humanity to share in His total joy. What a loving Father!

Now, what do we do as individuals as far as our part?

In Acts 1:8 Christ said we are to be witness of him. Our part is to live like Jesus, be like Him, act like Him and talk like Him. Just as the Father and Son are one, we are to be one with Christ:

" Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me." (John 17:20-23)

By being one with Christ and Christ is one with the Father, then we are also one with the Father. Then God's purpose is fulfilled of reproducing Himself.

How do we know if we are like Jesus? Here is what Christ said:

"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one to another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another." (John 13:34-35)

Answer Given By: Art Mokarow