WHY AM I HERE?

Back in the Vietnam war when a soldier travels from one army base to another the recieving sargent would ask him/her three questions: 1) Where are you coming from? Why are you here? And, where are you going?

These three essential questions define one thing - purpose. Everyone sometime in their lives have allow themselves to be challenged by one or more of these questions. The answers, in a spiritual sense, can unlock the rewards of eternal and abundant life.

Ask yourself, why are you here?

Now allow yourself to be challenge by the best authorative on life - the Bible.

One famous verse note, "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecc 12:13). It can then be said, biblically, that "man was created to worship God."

Does this mean all we were created to do was to lift our hands and shout hallelujah?

I don't think so. Rather our lifestyle, character, authority, attributes and abilities should glorify God. Meaning, everything we are and do should reflect the image of God. For instance, a natural father feels glorified when his son tries to be like him. My dad was a soldier and sometimes I would put on his beret, coat, medals and sometimes pants, although these dropped over me. He was pleased, as he often remarked to his friends.

Likewise, we also worship God when we are like God. The very word man in the first chapter of the bible is translated from the word 'phantom;' which suggest a direct replica or mirroriing of the real thing (God). God wants us to be like him on the earth. That's the reason the very first chapter of the bible again said that we were created in the image of God. The only earthly creature to possesed that godly make up. Unfortunately, every human being lost this because of Adam's disobedience and of course the bad part is, that we are destined for an unhappy eternity because of it. Not to worry, God made a simple plan that will give you back the image of God that was stolen from you.

To further elaborate read this exerpt , "The Reason For Being Born Again" and you may also listen this broadcast.

Back Ground

According to the 1 Cor. 15:45, Christ is referred to as the “Last Adam,” which links greatly with his resurrection, purpose and why every one needs to be born-again.

It is recorded that Adam, the first man, was made a “living soul.”

How could this be?

Living refers to earthly life and life meant a beginning and an end. Soul refers to that which is eternal; for example, angels. Adam was formed from the earth; that’s the life part of him. It wasn’t until God blew his spirit upon him that a soul was created or placed in Adam’s body. One would say our flesh is a coat for our soul and spirit. The earthly part of him was live or living, but when God blew upon him, he became ‘a-live’.

He was what we call, born from above.

Man is made up of body, spirit and soul; many times the soul and spirit are used interchangeably, but they are different (a distinction is seen in Heb. 4:12). The body being the flesh, the soul being the real you, and the spirit belongs to God; it’s apart of God that is built in you to function godly (Acts 17:27-28). Every man that is born was lighted upon being conceived in the womb (John 1:9).

Unfortunately, the scenario with “tree of good and evil” which Adam ate from was used to kill the spirit’s (or light) function and thus breaking fellowship with God. Even God told Adam he would “surely die” if he ate from the tree he ate from.

However, God wasn’t speaking of an immediate death, but rather it was spiritual, physical and eternal. The only death that was instantaneous was spiritual, in other words man lost fellowship with God at the same instance. That’s why many theologians sometimes refer to spirituality as God-consciousness.

From then, man basically acted based upon his body and intellect (mind- the central thinking part of the body). His relationship was lost so man lived based on what he understood and sensed. This resulted in murder, proud heartedness, lust, dishonesty and so on. In other words, he became ‘egotistic’ or a mindset that everything centered on him.

One preacher had this to add:

Now, the tree of the “knowledge of good and evil” had to go with the mind. God made man a spiritual being. God made man’s soul to be supreme over his mind and body [through his spirit]. God didn’t make man physical; he just gave him a body. God didn’t make man mental; he just gave him a mind.

The devil knew if he ever got man to die spiritually, if he was successful in disintegrating the inner part of man that he could cause the spiritual likeness of God to disappear from …man. Then … man would be left with a [soul], mind and [/or] a body, with the ashes of his spirit scattered around him.

Adam and Eve saw that the tree had to do with their intellect; it had to do with their minds. They chose to eat, so in other words they were thinking, I’m going to elevate my mind and make the pursuit or knowledge the main thing in my life. The bible said, “they knew…”

God set about to redeem man. He would take the seed of Eve, and that seed would bruise the devil’s head (Gen. 3:15): “And I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head…”

Notice that God said when the Messiah would come that he would deal with the HEAD of the devil. He would deal directly with intellect of the devil. Then, God said also to the devil, “and thou shalt bruise his heel” (Gen 3:5). Or, in essence you’ll be able to kill him-referring to Jesus’ death on the cross.

The Come Back

“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as Adam all died, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Cor 15:21-22). Notice the word ‘a-live’!

Spiritual death led to all other deaths, including the second death (Rev 21:8); which is the soul’s torment in eternity. All mankind was destined for eternal death, because of Adam’s disobedience.

However, through Christ’s spirit there is salvation to everyone that believes.

How?

“The first Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit”(1 Cor 15:45). The word “quickening” means to give life, as against our church belief, which associates it solely with shaking, rolling, ‘get-into-spirit’ and other bodily expressions. No. The word quickens means to give life.

Christ was like Adam before he ate the fruit, faultless and without sin. He was spiritually alive and in connection with God 100%. Like Adam, Christ represents soul and spirit covered in flesh, with the spirit ruling over and/or guiding the entire body and soul.

The book of Matthew records that he was not born of natural birth, but that the Holy Ghost overshadowed Mary. Christ, then, was simply the Holy Ghost covered in flesh, waiting like a fine wine to burst open to its drinkers. When the body was ripped away at Calvary, his spirit resurrected on the third day and that ‘quickening spirit’ was now available to mankind. That is, a life giving spirit.

Adam birthed humans in the earth without a connected spirit to God. However, the second Adam, Christ, came and birthed living souls (1 Cor 15:21 & 45).

Jesus Christ (quickening spirit) came to be an example for us and to give us the power to overcome death, hell and the grave. He came to set the captives (Humanity) free. Through him, we can all become like Adam and fear death no longer but inherit the resurrection power, with a unique fellowship with God.

How?

We have to be born-again.

Did you know that the Greek rendering for the English translation ‘born-again’ literally means ‘born from above?’

Who before the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:2) was born from above?

Adam!

God blew his breath on him and he became alive. Similarly, when someone is baptized with the Holy Ghost he is born from above just like Adam.

Christ became the first in the fallen humanity; therefore, becoming the second Adam or the second man that ever really lived.

St. John 3:8 records what will happen when someone is born of the spirit, “the wind bloweth where is listeth, and thou hearst the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth, so is everyone that is born of the spirit.”

Look at the composite that is used to describe someone who is being born of the spirit – wind.

Where else could that be found, besides the day of Pentecost?

When God blew his breath on Adam to make him come alive.

Remember, God is not a human that breathes in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. So he made Adam come alive and somehow it’s nature (the process) is similar to wind.

And, the bible says, “so is everyone that is born of the spirit” (John 3).

This point alone should shows how important the Holy Ghost is for every human being. What privilege to have the same thing done that was done to Adam, the first man, thousands of years ago. This process will make one “awake to righteousness” (1 Cor 15:34).

Many Born-again Christians don’t even realize what they have.

After being born again, the Holy Spirit acts not only as a person, but is also the expressed power of God. God used his express power to make Adam come alive (quicken). In the same way, Jesus resurrects our spirits plus we still have his express power, his word and his exemplary life to prevent our spirits from dying again indefinitely, as in the first instance with Adam and Eve. This makes us imperishable.

Satan is still around seeking whom he may devour. However, the expressed power is still with us, to prevent us from sinning and walking out of fellowship with God; and even if it occurs we can be resurrected by the Holy Ghost that is still in us. Paul knew this and wrote, “I die daily” (1 Cor 15:31); how could he die daily, except through the Holy Ghost he was resurrected daily. Something that is already dead cannot die again.

This is a mechanism Adam couldn’t utilize.

What a blessing and gift to mankind. It would be the first time, since Adam, God can now live fruitfully in us.
Therefore, without the baptism of the Holy Ghost one is only a dead man walking. Have you ever heard the term, the ‘the living dead,’ it can be applied here.

Remember also, one is not born-again unless he is also born of the water (John 3:5).

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