GOD'S ETERNAL PURPOSE FOR US

God's eternal purpose for us.   We are to consider ourselves pilgrims heading toward the Kingdom of God, gradually being transformed into the image of God along the way. The qualities of character, whether human or godly, are not produced instantaneously but through the everyday gathering of information, weighing it, making the necessary choices, setting our wills, and watching to see the results.Even Jesus learnt obedience to the Father's will through suffering.Therefore being moulded into the likeness of Christ involves pain and suffering.....losing of our ego and self, carrying the cross.It is always the lows of life like heartbreaks, misfortunes, personal losses, misunderstandings,sickness,jobloss,poverty,injustice and other similar difficulties which help us (provided we co-operate) to shed our ego and be conformed to the image of God.Through all this God,consoles and comforts us and meets all our day to day needs so that the spiritual progress of his children are not hampered by all these setbacks and diifficulties, to ultimately become like him. So must we live this process to grow to become like God and be in His Kingdom. The laws of God are written on our hearts (Hebrews 8:10; Jeremiah 31:33) by life's experiences while we have a relationship with God. Like everything else in life, it is a process that has a beginning and end. It moves from that which is clearly stated in the letter of the law to what is less apparent and depends upon a background of instruction, experience, and results. It depends on faith in and love for God and love for man that have grown in a person to aid him in properly understanding, applying, and practicing the spirit of the law. Victory in Christ goes beyond worldly blessings.It is the supreme blessiing of becoming like God and entering eternal life. Christ as God-Man died and rose for us to make this possible to all those who believe in Him. This is the purpose God created us for.  This is God's eternal purpose as revealed in the Holy Bible.