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We live on an amazing planet.
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Consider its diversity of terrain--mountains, valleys,
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plains and deserts, mighty
rivers and babbling brooks.
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We have rain, fog, mist,
snow and ice falling on
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our homes and on our heads.
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Mornings and evenings paint beautiful mosaics as the sun
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shines through the clouds.
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Consider the diversity of life, from earth worms to elephants.
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The waters hold an amazing variety of strange and
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beautiful creatures--each fulfilling a unique purpose.
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Some filter and clean the
waters, others dazzle us with
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their beauty and strangeness, and some are simply food
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for other creatures.
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Then there is the flora--
magnificent trees, eye-pleasing
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flowering shrubs.
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There's the spectrum of
greens--from dark to light.
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Flowers come in all colors of the rainbow and in mixed shades.
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We live on a planet
suited for man.
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Yes, there are challenges
we face that strengthen us,
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but there are the joys of eating with family and friends from
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the limitless variety of foods of every texture and taste.
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When was the last time you
put down your smart phone
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or turned off the
television and asked:
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"Is there a purpose for life?
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And if so, what is it?
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Am I merely the product of
blind evolutionary forces?
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And if so, how can
there be meaning?
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And how can there be
life beyond the grave?"
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Simply put, why are you here?
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That is the question I'll
be answering on today's
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Tomorrow's World program.
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Yes, there is an answer from
the Bible and it's not what
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most people think.
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I'll go directly to that source today--not taking a single
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passage and constructing
a doctrine around it,
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but looking at the overwhelming evidence that the Bible reveals.
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What Is the
Meaning of Life?
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gives Biblical references that you can--and you should--
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look up in your own Bible,
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A warm welcome to all of
you from all of us here at
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We're a small church, but we have congregations across the
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country and around the world, filled with enthusiastic members
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who want to share with you
good news from the Bible that
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you won't find just anywhere.
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And as we often remind you, don't believe us--or anyone
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else for that matter--
just because we say it.
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Prove it for yourself from
the pages of your Bible.
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We take life on this
planet for granted.
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After all, we've never
known a time when we were
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not surrounded with life.
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But stop for a
minute to consider.
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Scientists tell us that our universe had a beginning.
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The dirt beneath our feet,
our moon, the sun, all the
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stars and all the planets
did not always exist.
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They all had a beginning.
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Now consider the size
of the universe.
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Our star, that we refer to
as the Sun, is only one of
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at least 100 billion other
stars that make up our
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Milky Way Galaxy.
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The nearest star to Earth
is 25 trillion miles away.
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And to put it another way,
the light from Proxima Centauri
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takes 4.24 years to
reach our planet.
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Think about that.
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Now consider that our galaxy
is only one star cluster,
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the number of which is impossible to know.
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LiveScience.com explains
how difficult it is to
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give an exact number, but
gives this range in numbers:
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"So somewhere between 2 trillion galaxies at the top edge and
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100 billion at the lower edge
is the number of galaxies in
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our observable universe."
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Now you might be asking,
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"Why is he talking about our planet, our galaxy, and the
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universe in relation to
the meaning of my life?"
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Dear friends, we need to
know what it is that God
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has done and is doing.
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For if the universe had a
beginning, as both science
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and the Bible declare,
there had to be a cause
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for that beginning.
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Many scientists diligently
search for an explanation
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other than God, but they
fail in their attempts.
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Theories come, and theories go.
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Scientists, and many sincere people, believe that with
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all the stars, galaxies,
and planets that exist,
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life is inevitable
elsewhere in the universe.
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That is what Nobel Prize winner Harold C. Urey once believed.
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He declared in the December 18, 1950 Time magazine:
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"[My study of the universe] leaves little doubt that life
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has occurred on other planets.
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I doubt if the human race is the most intelligent form of life."
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Two years later,
he also declared:
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"Life is not a miracle.
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It is a natural phenomenon,
and can be expected to appear
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whenever there is a planet
whose conditions duplicate
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those of the earth."
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But less than a decade later,
he had changed his mind
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with startling admission.
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"All of us who study the
origin of life find that
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the more we look into it,
the more we feel it is
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too complex to have
evolved anywhere.
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We all believe as an article
of faith that life evolved from
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dead matter on this planet.
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It is just that life's complexity is so great,
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it is hard for us to
imagine that it did."
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The fact is that life is
mathematically impossible,
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as even evolutionary
scientists admit.
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So how do they get around this mathematical impossibility?
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Their standard explanation
is that we are here,
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so the impossible happened.
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As Urey put it, they:
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"...believe [not from the evidence, but] as an article
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of faith that life evolved from dead matter on this planet."
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Now this of course
begs the question.
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Our existence is
not in question.
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The real question is,
"What is the cause of life?"
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And for many of us, the evidence points to a supreme being of
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infinite intelligence and power.
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Famous astronomer and
mathematician, Fred Hoyle,
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put it this way in 1981:
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"A commonsense interpretation
of the facts suggest that a
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superintellect has monkeyed
with physics, as well as with
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chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth
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speaking about in nature.
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The numbers one calculates
from the facts seem to me
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so overwhelming as to put
this conclusion almost
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beyond question."
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So, with this background,
we must wonder: Why?
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If there is a God, and for a multitude of reasons many of
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us believe there is:
Why are we here?
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What is His purpose for us?
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And what does that mean for you?
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Answers to these questions
are found in the Bible,
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and they are not vague.
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And no, it is not going
to heaven for retirement
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when you die.
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It's not getting wings, floating on clouds, playing harp music,
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or looking into the face
of God for eternity.
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It's not going to
purgatory to expunge
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your as-yet-unforgiven sins.
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No, dear friends, the answer
of the meaning of life is
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far greater than that.
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And I'll give you the answers straight from the pages of
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And when I return after
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to the easy-to-understand scriptures that explain
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What Is the Meaning
of [Your] Life?
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Before the break I said that
I would turn to the Bible to
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give you easy to understand scriptures that explain
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What Is the Meaning
of [Your] Life?
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So, let's get started.
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The starting place in
scripture is found in the
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first chapter of Genesis.
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How many read right over these words and never consider their
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profound significance?
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Genesis the first chapter...
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"Then God said,
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'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
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let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, over the
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birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth
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and over every creeping thing
that creeps on the earth.'
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So God created man in His own image; in the image of God
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He created him; male and
female He created them."
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Man was not made after any
other kind of creature.
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God's intent was to make man
in His image and likeness
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and to have rule over all
other creatures on earth.
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Now consider what that means.
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Why, in God's
image and likeness?
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Why, given rule over all else?
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These are the kinds of
questions asked by a
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shepherd boy who later
became king over Israel.
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One night, as he looked
up at the Milky Way, and
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all the wonders of the night,
he asked himself this question,
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from Psalm the eighth chapter, beginning in verse 3...
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"When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
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The moon and the stars,
which You have ordained,
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What is man that You
are mindful of him,
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And the son of man
that You visit him?
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For You have made him a
little lower than the angels,
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And You have crowned him
with glory and honor.
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You have made him to have dominion over the works
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of Your hands; You have put
all things under his feet...
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sheep and oxen... beasts of
the field... birds of the air,
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And the fish of the sea...."
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Sadly, too few today see
the greatness of God as we
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once did when there was
less light pollution.
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I often wonder how many
children grow up never
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seeing the Milky Way.
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But back to David's question.
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What are we that God
should be mindful of us?
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Consider God's investment
in our planet.
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He once placed a powerful
spirit being--Lucifer by
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name--on Earth with a throne
to administer His government,
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but we read in Isaiah 14:13
that this cherub rebelled
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against his Creator.
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Further, he stirred up a third of the angels to follow him
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You can read that in Revelation the twelfth chapter, verses 4
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and verse 9.
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Now this indicates that
Earth is special.
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It's not just another planet
anywhere in the universe.
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God has something special
in mind that He is working
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out here below.
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The author of Hebrews found David's question of interest
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and quotes him beginning in Hebrews 2 and in verse 6...
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"But one testified in a
certain place, saying:
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"What is man that You
are mindful of him,
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Or the son of man that
You take care of him?
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You have made him a little
lower than the angels;
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You have crowned him
with glory and honor,
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And set him over the
works of Your hands.
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You have put all things in
subjection under his feet."
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But he does not stop there.
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He goes on to say in verse 8...
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"For in that He put all
in subjection under him,
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He left nothing that
is not put under him."
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The New Testament in
Modern Speech translates
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the second half of verse 8...
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"For this subjecting of
the universe to man implies
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the leaving [of] nothing
not subject to him."
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The universe?
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This is the sense of the
passage--He left absolutely
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nothing not in control of man, but the verse continues...
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"But now we do not yet see
all things put under him."
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Mankind has been given rule
over all things on earth,
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but not the universe
at this time.
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To give us that power
and control would be
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to guarantee Star Wars.
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Now notice what comes next
in verse 9 and 10...
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"But we see Jesus, who was
made a little lower than
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[or for a little while
lower than] the angels,
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for the suffering of death
crowned with glory and honor,
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that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
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For it was fitting for Him,
for whom are all things
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and by whom are all things,
in bringing many sons to glory,
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to make the captain of
their salvation perfect
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through sufferings."
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The passage goes on to
show that we are called
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brethren, or brothers,
of Christ--not angels.
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Please take the time to read
the whole of Hebrews chapter 2.
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Dear friends, there is so
much more to this subject and
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Fellow evangelist Wallace
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at how few people are more interested in the beasts of
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Revelation and the number 666 than they are in discovering
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why they are here.
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What is their purpose?
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What is your purpose?
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Is there life after death and
if so what does that mean.
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In the last portion of this program we read where King David
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of Israel looked up at the
stars at night and asked
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today's question:
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"What is man that You [that is, God] are mindful of him?"
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We also saw that Hebrews
quotes David's question,
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but he then goes on to
give us an answer to it--
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we are to be brethren,
or brothers and sisters,
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with Christ.
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Furthermore, we are to rule
over all things--nothing
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is to be left out of our
control--but not yet.
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For that we need to be
resurrected to eternal life
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as children of God.
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Children should be understood
in a very real sense, as shown
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in Romans the eighth chapter, beginning in verse 14...
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"For as many as are led
by the Spirit of God,
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these are sons of God.
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For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear,
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but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out,
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"Abba, Father."
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The Spirit Himself bears
witness with our spirit
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that we are children of God,
and if children, then heirs--
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heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we
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suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together."
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Dear friends, do you believe what the Bible says?
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Children of God.
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Heirs of God.
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Joint heirs with Christ.
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Dust off your Bible and read it for yourself in Romans 8:14-17.
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When we put this together
with Hebrews 2, which we read
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in the last portion of this program, and with Genesis 1,
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where God made us in His
image and likeness, we begin
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to see a clear picture of
a family relationship.
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Paul speaks of sons and daughters in 2 Corinthians 6...
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"As God has said:
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'I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
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I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.'
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Therefore 'Come out from
among them and be separate,'
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says the Lord.
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'Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.
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[And note it here:]
I will be a Father to you,
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And you shall be My
sons and daughters,'
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Says the Lord Almighty."
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Friends, these passages are
not speaking of this life only.
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They refer to the time when
we will inherit all things.
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Notice Romans 8...
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"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time
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are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall
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be revealed in us.
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For the earnest expectation
of the creation eagerly
19:48.453 --> 19:52.357
waits for the revealing
of the sons of God.
19:52.424 --> 19:56.428
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly,
19:56.495 --> 19:59.998
but because of Him who
subjected it in hope;
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because the creation itself
also will be delivered from
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the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty
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of the children of God."
20:10.208 --> 20:13.111
People speak about
"when we get our wings,"
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about "meeting St. Peter
at the pearly gates," and
20:17.316 --> 20:19.685
"rolling around heaven all day."
20:19.751 --> 20:22.354
But none of this is
found in the Bible.
20:22.421 --> 20:25.624
For Catholics the purpose
of life is described as
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the Beatific Vision.
20:27.659 --> 20:30.762
From Catholic Bible
Online we read:
20:30.829 --> 20:34.666
"The Beatific Vision is the Catholic Church's teaching
20:34.733 --> 20:39.304
about the ultimate goal of
human existence--the direct,
20:39.371 --> 20:43.709
immediate, and perfect
vision of God in heaven....
20:43.775 --> 20:46.845
This is not a physical
seeing with our eyes,
20:46.912 --> 20:50.048
but a spiritual seeing
that involves the complete
20:50.115 --> 20:52.150
knowledge and love of God.
20:52.217 --> 20:55.554
The Beatific Vision is
the fulfillment of every
20:55.621 --> 20:59.157
human heart's deepest desire
and the source of perfect
20:59.224 --> 21:02.594
happiness and joy
that will never end."
21:02.661 --> 21:05.364
So, in other words, live
your life the best you can
21:05.430 --> 21:08.133
and when you die--for many Catholics, only after
21:08.200 --> 21:12.504
spending an undetermined time
in purgatory to expunge
21:12.571 --> 21:16.575
unrepented sins--you go
to heaven so that God can
21:16.642 --> 21:20.012
make you happy through
some ecstatic vision.
21:20.078 --> 21:23.215
Is that really what
the Bible says?
21:23.281 --> 21:27.052
Is that what John means when he speaks of the children of God?
21:27.119 --> 21:31.089
In 1 John the third chapter, beginning in verse 1...
21:31.156 --> 21:34.192
"Behold what manner of love
the Father has bestowed on us,
21:34.259 --> 21:36.762
that we should be called children of God!
21:36.828 --> 21:40.332
Therefore the world does
not know us, because it
21:40.399 --> 21:42.067
did not know Him.
21:42.134 --> 21:45.771
Beloved, now we are children
of God; and it has not yet
21:45.837 --> 21:49.808
been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is
21:49.875 --> 21:55.347
revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
21:55.414 --> 21:59.151
And everyone who has this
hope in Him purifies himself,
21:59.217 --> 22:01.553
just as He is pure."
22:01.620 --> 22:05.624
Was Jesus referring to some
kind of ecstatic vision for
22:05.691 --> 22:10.929
His sons and daughters when
He said in Matthew 5:8-9...
22:10.996 --> 22:14.966
"Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
22:15.033 --> 22:18.937
Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called
22:19.004 --> 22:20.572
sons of God."
22:20.639 --> 22:24.710
Is that what being the offspring of God means--seeing God in
22:24.776 --> 22:27.045
vision with nothing else to do?
22:27.112 --> 22:30.182
Is that what being heirs
of God and joint heirs
22:30.248 --> 22:32.584
with Christ is all about?
22:32.651 --> 22:35.320
Dear friends, we have all
grown up with various ideas
22:35.387 --> 22:39.458
about the purpose of life--
for most of us--ideas that are
22:39.524 --> 22:41.526
nowhere found in Scripture.
22:41.593 --> 22:44.763
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And as we age, we begin to wonder, "What's it all about?
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What happens when I die?
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King David looked up at a star-
filled night sky and wondered,
24:30.135 --> 24:34.039
"What is man that You
are mindful of him?"
24:34.105 --> 24:38.243
Scientists look into the vast universe for answers to meaning,
24:38.310 --> 24:40.545
but evolution gives none.
24:40.612 --> 24:43.315
Philosophers likewise search
for the meaning of life
24:43.381 --> 24:45.150
through human reason.
24:45.217 --> 24:48.787
They rarely, if ever, consider the critical question:
24:48.854 --> 24:50.989
"Does God Exist?"
24:51.056 --> 24:54.726
If He does, and scientists
admit that life on Earth,
24:54.793 --> 24:58.597
or anywhere in the universe,
is mathematically impossible,
24:58.663 --> 25:01.900
then why not look into the Bible, the only source
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that truly explains why our
Creator is mindful of us.
25:06.872 --> 25:09.941
Today, we saw at the very
beginning that God's purpose
25:10.008 --> 25:13.745
was to create us in
His image and likeness.
25:13.812 --> 25:17.249
We've also seen scriptures
that speak of our being
25:17.315 --> 25:21.553
sons and daughters, of
being co-heirs with Christ,
25:21.620 --> 25:25.557
and of inheriting all things
at the resurrection.
25:25.624 --> 25:28.093
Is this not spelled out
clear enough for even
25:28.159 --> 25:30.562
a child to understand?
25:30.629 --> 25:34.466
We read earlier in
Romans 8:16 that...
25:34.532 --> 25:37.269
"The Spirit Himself bears
witness with our spirit
25:37.335 --> 25:39.571
that we are
children of God."
25:39.638 --> 25:43.541
We read here of two spirits-- "the Spirit Himself" clearly
25:43.608 --> 25:45.911
refers to God's Spirit.
25:45.977 --> 25:49.347
"Our spirit" refers to
a spirit in man--
25:49.414 --> 25:52.951
not an immortal soul, but a spirit essence that makes us
25:53.018 --> 25:54.986
different from the animals.
25:55.053 --> 25:56.821
So, what does it mean
when it says...
25:56.888 --> 25:59.724
"The Spirit Himself bears
witness with our spirit
25:59.791 --> 26:02.627
that we are
children of God."
26:02.694 --> 26:06.364
The Apostle John explains
something that few understand,
26:06.431 --> 26:08.533
that is lost in translation.
26:08.600 --> 26:12.103
1 John 3:9...
26:12.170 --> 26:16.408
"Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed
26:16.474 --> 26:22.080
[the Greek is: sperma] remains in him; and he cannot sin,
26:22.147 --> 26:25.717
because he has been
born of God."
26:25.784 --> 26:30.588
Yes, it is the seed [the sperma] of God, God's Spirit that unites
26:30.655 --> 26:34.893
with the human spirit that allows us to truly be born again
26:34.960 --> 26:38.229
into the Family of God
at the resurrection.
26:38.296 --> 26:43.468
Jesus explained to the hostile Sadducees from Luke 20...
26:43.535 --> 26:47.405
"But those who are counted
worthy to attain that age,
26:47.472 --> 26:50.875
and the resurrection from
the dead, neither marry
26:50.942 --> 26:54.846
nor are given in marriage;
nor can they die anymore,
26:54.913 --> 26:58.016
for they are equal to the
angels and are sons of God,
26:58.083 --> 27:01.252
being sons of the resurrection."
27:01.319 --> 27:03.855
Notice that it did not
say we are angels,
27:03.922 --> 27:07.325
but "equal to the angels"
for we will never die,
27:07.392 --> 27:09.894
we will have eternal life.
27:09.961 --> 27:14.566
We are "sons of God, being
sons of the resurrection."
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