The Point Of Life

Today we begin a new message series entitled “Growing in Life’s Journey.” Life is a journey, it has a beginning and an end, you get one shot at life and that’s all you get. The Bible makes it very clear that you are not going to come back another time in another body or any such thing. Reincarnation is simply the result of over active imaginations, no truth to it at all. So since we’re all on this journey called life, it’s important to understand what it’s all about, so you can make the most of it.

Today my message is entitled “The Point Of Life.” Why did God put us on this journey called life? What’s it all about? What are we supposed to accomplish along the way? A lot of people have various goals in life. They think that when they reach those goals they will have accomplished something of great importance in life, then they will have arrived. The destinations that people long for in this life: saving x amount of dollars, retiring, getting to position y on the corporate ladder, winning this or that award, putting the kids through college, really aren’t what life is about. Life isn’t really about you and your goals. Life is about God who created you and His purposes for you.

In the beginning God created people in His image NIV Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. People were created to be like God in many respects, to display God’s character in our lives and to have a relationship with God. That’s the point of life. However something happened in the garden of Eden, both Adam and Eve sinned, they didn’t act like God, they disobeyed Him and so God’s image in their lives was now marred and distorted. Each of us in our own ways has sinned as well and so God’s image for people was not being realized. They were missing the point of life. When you miss the point of life, that sin will also keep you from experiencing eternity with God your creator.

That’s why we needed Jesus, who being God, was born on this earth as a man. He lived a perfect life and He fully reflected the image of God. NIV Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. By dying on the cross so that your sins could be forgiven, Jesus made a way for you to become like Him, so that you could once again bear God’s image, so that you could reflect God’s glory in your life as well. NLT Romans 8:29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son.

So there you have the point of life, to become like Jesus. Life is a journey to become like Jesus. It takes a lifetime because we have a long ways to go. God knew you when He created you and you have been chosen to mirror God’s image as you become more and more like Jesus. So today I’m going to talk about how you can grow to become more like Jesus.

To hear more about this topic, listen to my July 2, 2006 message entitled The Point Of Life
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lifechurchstlouis/mp3s/2006_Messages/2006_07_Growing_In_Lifes_Journey/070206_The _Point_Of_Life.mp3