2006-08-07 07:25:47 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Life is worthwhile in serving God. Life Has a Grand Purpose.
The way the earth and its living things were made shows that their Creator is a God of love who really cares. And his Word, the Bible, shows that he cares; it gives us the ultimate answers regarding the questions: Why are we here on earth? and, Where are we going?
We need to search the Bible for those answers. God’s Word says : “If you search for him, he will let himself be found by you, but if you leave him he will leave you.” (2 Chronicles 15:2) So then, what does a search of God’s Word reveal about his purpose for us?
The psalmist David also wrote about the incoming new world and how long it would endure. He foretold: “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” (Psalm 37:29) That is why Jesus promised: “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.”—Matthew 5:5.
What a grand prospect that is, living forever on a paradise earth free from all wickedness, crime, sickness, sorrow, and pain! In the final book of the Bible, God’s prophetic Word summarizes this grand purpose by declaring: “God will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” It adds: “And the One seated on the throne said: ‘Look! I am making all things new.’ Also, he says: ‘Write, because these words are faithful and true.’”—Revelation 21:4, 5.
13 Yes, God has a grand purpose in mind. It will be a new world of righteousness, an eternal paradise, foretold by the One who can and will do what he promises, for his “words are faithful and true.”
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2006-08-07 08:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jeremy Callahan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, life is worthwhile because of the relationships we build and the affect we have on others. I think people need to be thinking less about what will happen when they die and more about how they can make their and other people's lives better. I don't necessarily mean big things. Push the cart back to the cart corral at the grocery store. Let the person with 1 item behind you at the checkout go ahead of you. Leave a nice tip and a sweet note to the harried waitress. It may sound cliched, but I think we can all have an affect on others.
2006-08-07 14:32:37 · answer #2 · answered by Jennifer J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You should be doing the best you can in this life, regardless of your beliefs in an afterlife, because no one will know for sure what sort of an afterlife there is (if any) until we get there.
Besides, if all you're doing with this life is waiting for the afterlife, you may as well step in front of a bus now and be done with it.
2006-08-07 14:35:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is a roller coaster ride. You can choose to enjoy it or spend all of your life whining and complaining. Everyone gets his fair share of good and bad. When faced with lemons the optimistic will make lemonade.
Eastern philosophy would have us believe in the rebirth or reincanation of the soul. Apparently we get so deep into his living business that we either are unwilling or unable to extricate ourselves from the "circle of life". At the end of one life the soul hurls itself into the next opportunity to take birth anew.
The balnce of joy and suffering that we experience in each life is the result of our past actions or karma. Do good and you will reap the benefits, in this life and the next.
The Buddha felt it was utterly pointless being on the roller-coaster ride for eternity. So he decided to opt out and liberate himself from the tyranny of the roller coaster called birth and re-birth. He discovered the path to liberation from all suffering. (Remember you cannot exprience suffering unless you have also experienced joy - one is the flip side of the other).
2006-08-07 14:38:02 · answer #4 · answered by Ralph R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moment you are in is always worthwhile. This moment is all you are guaranteed. Live now in a way that you can be proud of and the rest, whatever it is, will take care of itself.
2006-08-07 14:31:02 · answer #5 · answered by Mr J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, would you refuse to eat the best food of your life, if you knew you would NEVER be able to get it again?
I figure better only once than never, particularly since I already have it... Just logic.
2006-08-07 14:30:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter, does it? We're here now. What will be, will be.
Personally I haven't a clue what if anything happens after this existence ends, assuming it does.... But it has no bearing on what I do now.
2006-08-07 14:33:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worthwhile or not, we're still here.
2006-08-07 14:30:43 · answer #8 · answered by ·!¦[·ÐarrÁ·]¦!· 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Life is good.
2006-08-07 14:36:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life hear on earth is good.
And it is even better after this life. Much better.
2006-08-07 19:37:58 · answer #10 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋