Q. What is the purpose of human life? What is God's purpose for MY life? (Submitted by: Valerie) A. To answer your question we need to first come to understand God's purpose for everyone. In 1Corinthians 15 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. Paul clearly states that God's purpose is to reproduce Himself: "For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. . . "Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. For "He has put ALL THINGS under His feet." But when He says "ALL THINGS are put under Him," it is evident that He who put ALL THINGS under Him is excepted. Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all." (1Corinthians 15:21-22, 24-28, NKJV throughout)
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 witnesses of him: "Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, 'Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?' And He said to them, 'It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.'" (Acts 1:6-8)
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