whats our role as God's children on earth
2006-09-16 04:39:46 · 12 answers · asked by Israelite 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To worship the Lord our God with all our hearts and all our minds and all our souls, and to obey his commandments. and we are to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. This is the whole duty of man.
2006-09-16 04:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Genesis 1:28, it too was very good when God told the first humans, Adam and Eve: “God blessed them and God said to them: ‘Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving upon the earth.’ ”
God's purpose for humans on the earth has not changed. His purpose is always fulfilled. (Isaiah 55:10, 11)
The Kingdom that Jesus said would be preached is the very one he taught us to pray for in his model prayer: “Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.” (Matthew 6:10.) Yes, that Kingdom is the agency God will use to fulfill his purpose, his will, for mankind and the earth.
What does that mean? Let Revelation 21:3, 4 answer: “I heard a loud voice from the throne say: ‘Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them. And he 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.’ ” Then God’s will shall indeed be done on earth and in heaven.
“The conclusion of the matter, everything having been heard, is: Fear the true God and keep his commandments. For this is the whole obligation of man.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13.)
Describing Jehovah as “the Former of the earth and the Maker of it,” the Bible also calls him “the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be inhabited.” (Isaiah 45:18.) Jehovah prepared the earth to be inhabited by humans, who were to look after the earth and all the creatures on it. (Genesis 1:28.)
If you would like to learn more about God’s Kingdom, please contact Jehovah’s Witnesses at the local Kingdom Hall. Or visit http://www.watchtower.org
2006-09-16 05:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremy Callahan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can we know God's will? God is by God's very nature unknowable?
I will refer to my book "The Plain Truth About God-101" (what the church doesn't want you to know!)
My hope in writing this book is to have people come back to God without the trappings and false impressions that have been fostered on us by organized religion over the centuries.
Spirituality is what brings us closer to the Divine while the practices of the "priest-hood" or "priest-craft” leads us in the opposite direction and could even be called the devils work.
What I object to is the human trait of forming special interest groups whose purpose is to give only their explanation of God, and, making proclamations and laws in God's name. This to me is the height of human arrogance and self-deception.
We can look with awe and reverence upon God but the minute we put ourselves into the position of interpreters of “Gods Will” it seems to suggest a plot to twist all that is holy into a perversion of God’s works. (To quote Flip Wilson; “The devil made me do it!”)
Probably the best example of this is the fact that some of the greatest wars and atrocities in humanity’s history have been perpetrated in the name of "religion!"
Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God-101 (what the church doesn't want you to know!) at; www.God-101.com
And the petition to have people mind their own business instead of yours at; http://www.petitiononline.com/moses/petition.html
2006-09-16 04:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by Moses 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To become like God. God is Love. Love is all about giving without seeking. Like an open flow it gives to everyone without hold and regard.
It is rather difficult. But that is the Will, and what God came here to teach and show.
2006-09-16 04:45:36 · answer #4 · answered by zixez 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God wants man to "be ye perfect even as your father in heaven". I know that is a tall order but we have an eternity to accomplish it.
2006-09-16 04:47:43 · answer #5 · answered by samssculptures 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God will :
"Say: we believe in God and in what has been revealed to us, and what was revealed to Abraham, Isma'il: Isaac, Jacob and The Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus and the Prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another, among them, and to God do we bow our will (in Islam)." (Qur'an, Al-Imran 3:84)
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2006-09-16 04:47:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chief end/goal of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.
2006-09-16 04:44:57 · answer #7 · answered by rom9_16 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace. Prosperity. Happiness.... the usual stuff.
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2006-09-16 04:52:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace,
2006-09-16 04:44:00 · answer #9 · answered by wife of Ali Pasha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask him for clarification. As for the rest, be as good a person you can be. Be kind to others, don't judge, and help those that need it.
2006-09-16 05:41:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋