What is the meaning of life

-- Jason (heathj1@svshs.wa.edu.au), February 20, 2005

Answers

To be reconciled to God through Christ and to love and serve Him with all your heart, mind, and strength.

The purpose of our life is found in the purposes of God who created us. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." Ephesians 2:10

David

-- non-Catholic Christian (no@spam.com), February 21, 2005.

The source of ALL true joy and meaning in life comes from the love of God and the love for each other. The pleasure of children, the pleasure of marriage, the pleasure of friendships -- all these things in conjunction with the Lord of the Universe bring infinite joy!

It's a family thing! The great human family in "relationship" with God! It's a holy thing! It's a forever thing!

Gail

-- Gail (rothfarms@socket.net), February 21, 2005.

This is part of Heaven, Jason.

In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus used to say that the Kingdom of God is inside us.

Thus, life (our part of Heaven's experience) begins here.

In essence, then our purpose is to enjoy God's creation here on Earth with all of our senses.

So enjoy it as long as you are here. Just don't make life harder for others.

The Christian Yahwist

The Man of Yahweh

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonvval@yahoo.com), February 22, 2005.

very nice said elpidio,i agree with you

-- sdqa (sdqa@sdqa.Com), February 23, 2005.

God reveals that our purpose in this life is to serve Him. It is to bring as many lost souls to the *foot of the cross* as possible.

He promises that in this--we will find joy and meaning...

Salvation is the purpose of this life and there is only meaning in that. That is where the Love is....at the foot of the cross. The New Testament pointed us towards it--and the New Testament is the fulfillment of it.

Nothing else but Jesus, matters...

-- (faith01@myway.com), February 23, 2005.

correction:

The Old Testament pointed us towards it--and the New Testament is the fulfillment of it.

-- (faith01@myway.com), February 23, 2005.

The old Baltimore catechism is brief and to the point;

Question; Why did God make us?

Answer; God made us to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next.

-- TC (Treadmill234@south.com), February 23, 2005.

Thanks, sdqa.

Most people think that Heaven is somewhere inspace. My question has always been, if Earth is not part of Heaven, why then God made it?

The Christian Yahwist

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonval@yahoo.com), February 23, 2005.

Scripture clearly differentiates between Heaven and Earth. Earth is NOT in Heaven - period. Heaven exists outside of our space and time. It's not bound by a physical location as we think of it, but Earth is.

You can "think" anything you want about it, but it doesn't make it true. If you want truth, you need to study and accept what God's Word says about it.

David

-- non-Catholic Christian (no@spam.com), February 23, 2005.

Elpidio,

A proper understanding of the "Kingdom of God" is not physical. We don't dwell in the Kingdom, but scripture does refer to Christians as aliens living in a foreign land with our citizenship in Heaven. It also says that Christians (true Christians, not your beliefs) are ambassadors of Christ. Essentially, that means that wherever we go and whatever we do to speak on behalf of God or accomplish something God asks us to do, then the Kingdom of God becomes present because we represent the King while we're here. Jesus taught us to pray "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done" - everytime God's will is done on the earth, then His Kingdom is made manifest.

So I am an ambassador for God living on Earth. I am of the Kingdom living on foreign turf. Everytime I act for God, I make know God's will and bring forth the Kingdom of God manifest in a circumstance - for instance, if I pray for someone in the Name of Jesus and they are healed, the Kingdom of God is manifest in that healing.

Hope that helps.

David

-- non-Catholic Christian (no@spam.com), February 23, 2005.