WHY WE ARE HERE John 7: 16-17

Why We are Here                    (John 7:16-17)                    12.01.12                             

       What are the basic precepts one must understand in order to
determine why we are here and what to do with  the time we have
been  allotted.  First,  we must  begin  a determined  search to  get 
wisdom  one  needs to rightly  relate to our creator and  the people
near.  You and I are here on this earth for reasons and the reasons
belong to God.  We are His creation or work.  We are  His and  he
orders our  lives for His purposes.  We are His and  the end of  life
will place us in His awesome presence, where we will  be accounta-
ble for the deeds "done in the flesh."  So, If I find something to do, 
as His Child, I must do it “heartily,” as to my Lord.  I must also do 
it in service to Him and  in a way that will  please Him.  Everything 
I do is to bring glory to His name and praise Him so others may not 
see me, but to see Him in me. While I do not denigrate self, being a 
creation of  the Most High,  I do not elevate self,  for that is God’s
business.  In His time, God will glorify His own.   If I question whe-
ther or  not a  matter is  His will  or selfish  ambition on my part,  I
know he is going to show it to me if that is my desire,  according to
John 7: 16-17.  “If anyone wills to do His will,  He shall  know con-
cerning  the doctrine...”   When I  relate to others,  it is as  though
they  relate to Him.  I stand in His place for others and see God in
them...Not Pantheism, but theology.  Through the eyes of  God we
see His creation for what he or she might be in a right relationship
to our heavenly Father. Divine potential, not “Human Potentiality.

        I am familiar with the doctrine of three in one; God the Father,
God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  I do not claim to understand
it.  There is one  God. “God is a Spirit...”  Christ was  God on earth
and inhabited flesh, the Incarnation.  The Holy Spirit came to earth
upon Christ’s return to the Father to comfort, empower,  guide and
indwell believers and through them, convict and reclaim the lost.
Three persons manifest in one;  Jesus Christ is the one to whom we
relate.  He works in us through his Holy Spirit.

       Philosophy is  the theory  behind our  practice.  If there is to be
success with our philosophy,  we must  handle every challenge with
prayer. Philippians 4: 6-7  We must study God’s Word “religiously”
as  in 2 Timothy 3: 16-17,  and make  every decision  according to
Matthew 7: 11-14, as we relate to others. “As you would that men
should do unto you, do you even so unto them.”  In practical terms,
a good deal is only a good deal if it is fair to all parties involved and
does not  adversely effect  a third  party.  Along with this,  when we
are  involved in  a commercial  venture,  we use  each  facet of  our
work to set up situations in which we may communicate Jesus Christ 
in a natural manner and use income from the venture to assist those 
in need.

     keeping in mind that my best is puny, and aside from being under
under  control of and empowered by the Holy Spirit,  I cannot please
or  even serve God.  My faith is in Christ,  His finished  work on the
cross and His daily intercession at the right hand of  God the Father
on my behalf.  Finished refers to what He did while on the earth.

     Our philosophy can be summarized in two sentences. “You shall
love the  Lord your God with all your heart,  with all your soul, and
with all your mind...  You shall  love your  neighbor as yourself.  On
these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
(Matthew 22)  It’s important to remember all of the above works,”
are incapable of changing one’s eternal destiny. The “Faith” part is
not works and is a gift from God as are all “good and perfect gifts.”
(James 1: 17)  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,  the
evidence of  things not seen,  for  by it  the elders obtained  a  good
testimony."  (Hebrews 11: 1-2)  They  believed God and  their faith
was "accounted to them for righteousness."   That righteousness is
worked out in a daily walk with the Lord.  We must  have the "mind
of Christ," if we are to be dead to the flesh and live only as He lives
through  us.  In Philippians 2:5-8  the Apostle Paul states,  "Let this
mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form
of  God  did not consider it robbery to  be equal with God,  but made
Himself  of  no reputation,  taking the form of  a  bond-servant,  and
coming in the likeness of men.  And  being found in appearance as a
man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death,
even the death of the cross."

       Why are we here?  You and I  are here to become Christ to this
        depraved,  deceived  and indifferent  world to whom  Christ has 
        become a  by-word and God is a Santa Claus.  If you and I ever 
       get  ourselves aligned with  the teachings of  Christ,  make them 
       our own and consistently live them out, we will change our world, 
       one  person at a time.  If  we do not, their  blood  will be required 
       at our  hands since we do know  the truth.  We  must let the truth 
      "out" so It can set men free.
  (John 8: 32 and 14:6)  Jesus Christ said He is truth and if  you know
    the truth (Him) you will be free as you come to the Father  through
   Him.  Let us bring them to the Father and turn Jesus Christ loose in
   the marketplace as we serve Him there. 

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