The Purpose of Christ/The Purpose of Mankind

Jesus Christ didn't come down from heaven to give us fame and fortune. He came to save us from an eternity absent from the presence of God (the Only One True God) and the glory of His power.  And to make us Holy.....to save us from the wrath of God that is coming on all those Sons of disobedience. For all have sinned, and far short of the glory of God.  And need His righteousness, His perfection. That only comes through faith and trust in His One and Only Son.

I read of a a very successful person, calls himself a monk, even was one for a time,  about the 4 things he stresses in getting himself through life and being successful. Thankfulness--Inspiration--Mediation and Exercise. He says they have helped him to get to where he is today as  a motivational speaker. God's principles even when practiced by unbelievers can help people succeed. Or to walk the straight and narrow. To even free them of bad habits and addictions. I have known people like that. But the one thing they lack, and it's the most important thing. They had not the Savior. They had not the Christ. They had not eternal life.  They simply did not believe.  

THANKFULNESS  is to God, for all he has done and accomplished for us through His Son. In his correction of us when needed, (Heb. 12: 3-11) and our joy in understanding his care for His people. THANKFULNESS---for his calling us from darkness to light and from death to life. Thankfulness that it is not on account of any  good thing we may have done or will ever do but according to His mercy He gave His people new life and a Blessed Hope. The apostle to the gentiles (anyone not born a Jew) Paul, said "be thankful.  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.  And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.(Col. 3:15-17) 

INSPIRATION --- A Christians inspiration comes from outside himself. To the One True God that spoke creation out. The Word who was in the beginning with God and Was God. The Word that became flesh. That One True God,  by grace through faith and not of ourselves, then comes to live in us through God the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of truth, comforts us and teaches us all things. He will guide you into all truth.   Things that matter not only for the now but even more so  for eternity.  We are in awe of all God has done and is doing.

MEDITATION---A Christian's meditation  is not reciting chants and mantras in attempting to free the mind. Our meditation is on God's Word. The Bible. Freeing the mind, so called, is deceptive and dangerous. Emptying your mind and it will be filled with whatever your sinful heart desires.  And can allow for deceiving spirits to influence and fool an unwary soul to focus on unhealthy and sinful thoughts. They may seem perfectly legit but could in reality lead to ones disillusionment and destruction.  To love the world and all that is in the world. Rather than God. Or to love oneself to the detriment of  themselves and others. For the heart, the most inner being of a person, is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it. (Jer. 17:9)

Feelings can fool. And feelings can kill.  Feelings can  tell you what you want to hear to the point of approving of and accepting what God says separates you from Him. Sin. Meditate on God's Word;  study to show yourself approved; As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.  By immersing yourself in God's Word, which reformer John Calvin coined as "God's baby talk", God's truth will set you free. It is what is desperately needed  for a lost and self consumed human race that left alone, to themselves, will prefer darkness rather than the light because their deeds are evil. Now what are those deeds  that cause mankinds separation?? God's Word tells us:

Jesus said "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,  thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.  All these evil things come from within and defile a man.” (Mark 7:21-23)

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,  nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor 6:9-10)

We have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles (pagans, heathen)—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, (strong craving or desire usually of a sexual nature)  drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.  In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. (1 Peter 4:1-3)

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,  idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,  envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Gal 5:19-21)

We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners. We were born that way (Ps. 51:5)  and are by our very nature at enmity with God. (Rom 8:7-8) Jesus Christ, The Word who was in the beginning with God and was God, The One and Only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth--God the Son gave Himself a ransom for his people. Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. His is the only name under heaven by which anyone can be saved. (Acts 4:12) the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. (John 14:6)

And finally as for EXERCISE: It invigorates not only the body but also the mind. It causes our organs to work harder and grow stronger. It forces the blood to flow faster to revitalize the mind.  God gave us a body, use it or as we're told...lose it. Exercise employees muscles,  exhilarates organs and activates  the body's endorphins allowing peptides to activate the bodys opiate receptors, causing an analgesic effect.  Yes exercise  gives the body a natural  high. It may be work but well worth the effort. (Note: If you haven't exercised in a while (years even) get a check up. Find out if that's OK. Then start easy and work your way up. Don't overdo it. 

The Truth Is?

At the  crucifixion of Jesus the Christ, Pontius Pilate governor of Judea said to Him, “Are You a king then?”  Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.  Pilate replied "what is truth?"

The Truth Is: that all, every single one of us, have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The Truth Is: there is no one righteous no not one. The Truth Is: in this is love not that we loved God but that God loved us and sent his son to be a atoning sacrifiice for our sins. The Truth Is: without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness. 

The Truth Is: the Kingdom of God will not be embraced by the unrepentant. The Truth Is: Jesus the Christ  is the only name under Heaven by which anyone may be saved. The Truth Is:  those  who believe in the Son have everlasting life.  And those  who do not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on them. The Truth Is: they shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of God and the glory of his power. For the wicked go to Everlasting Punishment but the Righteous into Everlasting Life.

The Truth Is: Jesus said  you must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. The Truth Is:  there is no one righteous no not one,  no one who seeks after God all have turned away they have together become worthless, there is no one who does good no not one. The Truth Is: God made him (Jesus)  who had no sin to be a sin offering for us so that in him we may become the righteousness of God. And the Truth is:  "It is impossible for God to lie."  The Truth Is: Jesus is the Word who was in the beginning with God and was God. He was with God in the beginning. The Truth Is: the Word became flesh and walked among us. The Truth Is: Jesus said I am the Way, the Truth and  the life. No one comes to the Father except though me. The Truth Is:  if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the you will be saved. The Truth Is: God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life. The Truth Is: mankinds Blessed and only Hope.  

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all people, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,  looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,  who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

That is what Truth Is.

Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

God is love for He created this world to be inhabited. He gives to those created creatures, life, breath, and all things. And even in man's rebellion against their creator, mankinds believing a lie, rather than God's truth. They succumbed to the deceit of the evil one that tempted them, that they would be like God.  

Yet the only true God from all eternity, who does not give His glory to another,  the LORD God Almighty,  soon after delivering His sentence of death to the guilty,  in His grace and mercy promised a redeemer for the disobedient, sinful, fallen human race. 

One who would be born of a virgin. One name above every name the very Son of God from all eternity. The One called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,  Everlasting Father**, Prince of Peace. A Child who would  be born, of flesh, blood and bones, taking the very nature of a man, to obey what no mere mortal human being could accomplish. A Savior without the tainted, sinful nature,  did what none of us ever could by attempting to please God with good works and gain our way to His kingdom. For all our righteous acts are like filty rags. 

The Word who was in the beginning with God and was God. The Word through whom all things were created.  The Word, God's only begotten Son by which all the created order holds together. God the eternal Son, took on an additional human nature, humbled Himself in the likeness of man, lived a perfect sinless life became  obedient to the point of death. Even the death on the cross. 

And God has spoken to us by His Son in these last days. For God has appointed Him heir of all things for He is the brightness of God's glory and the express image of His person, upholding all things by the word of His power. The  Word, became flesh and tabernacled among His creation, humbled Himself and became obedient to death. Even the death of the cross. And rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures.

Jesus the Christ, after His death,  appeared to some as they were walking on the road, walked and spoke to them; He appeared to His apostles, and more than 500 brethen at once. Some even sat with him, and broke bread with Him, ate with Him, as He opened their understanding to comprehend the Scriptures. That He was indeed the one  Moses and the prophets spoke about in the Scriptures. 

And for 40 days after His resurrection from the dead spoke to them about things concerning the Kingdom of God. When He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was seen ascending into  heaven out of their sight, with two men in white (angels) telling them "This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” 

The time of His arrival is nearer each day when He will descend from heaven, with His angels and those who have gone before us,  with a shout, the voice of the archangel and trumpet call of God. And they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. For the Lord will come when you do not except, as a thief in the night with his mighty angels in flaming fire. The heavens will be disolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat.

Those who have been born from above, have been regenerated  by grace through faith. Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but born of God and obey the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ will be gathered by His angels  and  caught up to the Lord, to  be forever with Him in  the new heavens and new earth. For here  God will wipe away every tear from your eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the old order of things will pass away.

Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God. 

His second coming will be a glorious time for those who are His. Those who have confessed Jesus is Lord and believe in their heart that God raised Him from the dead. All those who believe, trust and obey for them an eternity awaits where they will enjoy  righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 

But  for all those who have denied the only name under heaven by which anyone is saved from God's wrath on the sons of disobedient. They shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of God and the glory of His power. 

We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.  For He says:

“In an acceptable time I have heard you,

And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. (2 Cor 6:1-2)

 **Some render the words, "the Father of eternity" the author of eternal life; grace and truth are come by Christ, the Father and author  (looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him enduring the crossd, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Heb 12:2)  of the Gospel dispensation; the doctrines of it are from him, and the ordinances of it by him; and he is the father of that state or world to come after the resurrection, the New Jerusalem church state, and also of the ultimate glory. John Gill ) 

 (Scripture references)

1 John 4:8;16; Acts 17:25; Gen. 3;  Is. 7:14; 9:6; Heb. 4:15; Col. 1:17; Phil. 2:5-8; Rom. 8:1-4; 3:23

Is. 64:6; John 1:1-4; Heb 1:1-4; Luke 24:13-32; 1 Cor. 15:3-8; Acts 1:9-10; Deut. 18:15-19;

1 Thess 4:16-18; Matt. 24:29-31; 2 Peter 3:10; John 1:13; rev. 21:1-4; 2 Thess 1:7-10

2 Peter 3:11-13; Rom. 10:9; 14:17; Acts 4:12; John 14:6;  2 Thess 1:10