Minister’s Corner – 226 Your Purpose In Life

Loved ones, for too many, life will simply END without them ever knowing why it began. How would you answer this question – What is your purpose in life?

1. Some have made prosperity their purpose in life. These will spend their lives making money to spend upon material possessions. Jesus warned, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth” (Luke 12:15).

2. For others, their purpose in life is the pursuit of knowledge. To seek to grow in knowledge is worthwhile, but we must be sure to seek the right kind of knowledge. The lives of many today are characterized in the Scriptures as those who are “ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 3:7).

3. Some pursue worldly pleasure as the sole reason for their existence. Some continue to live by the Epicurean philosophy of old: “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.” Again the Scriptures warn of many who are “lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God” (2 Timothy 3:4).

4. Others seek position, power, popularity, and the list goes on and on.

When one Christian man was asked - What is your purpose in life? He answered: “To go to Heaven and take as many people with me as I can.” That’s a great answer! Why? Because everything associated with this world is temporary. “The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever” (1 John 2:17).

To place our focus upon things of this world is SIN, and sin condemns us to eternal destruction (Matthew 7:13-14, 21-23). But Jesus died on the cross to pay the price for our sins (redemption) and to give us the hope of eternal life in heaven (Ephesians 1:7; John 3:16).

Jesus has promised to give salvation and eternal life to those who will: (1) place their faith and trust in Him (Acts 16:30-32), (2) turn from their sins in repentance (Acts 17:30-31), (3) confess Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and (4) be baptized (immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:27).

To follow Jesus all the way to Heaven and take as many people with us as we can is the greatest purpose in life. Won’t YOU accept this purpose for YOUR life? God is so good. Love you. Samuel – 13 September 2026