Question:
Why are you here on this earth? Who put you here?
Answer:
God made you out of nothing and put you here. What are you going to do with your life? Just as you were born first into this life, Jesus said that you need to be born again. You need to be saved (John 3:3, 16). Like a baby we need to eat and grow. If we feed on the Word we will grow up to be like Jesus Christ (Romans 12:1, 2). This is an important part of God’s plan for us that we will be “conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29).
Romans 12:3-5 shows us that if we are saved, we are part of the body of Christ and we all have a different job to do. “Now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased Him” (1 Corinthians 12:18). We are here to be like Christ, to do our job for the good of the body of Christ. Each person is important. If one part of the body fails it causes the other members to work harder.
Humans have a basic need to be with people and belong to a group. God has His belonging–the body of Christ. We belong to Him and we belong to one another. The Lord commands us to love one another: “By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples” (John 13:34, 35). Love is the mark of the Christian. The church is the center and channel for God’s love. When the assembly does things together we get love from one another, and we return it to God in worship and praise.Ephesians 4:1-6 tells what the assembly is and the unity which is very important to God. Satan tries to destroy unity. Ephesians 4:7-16 tells how the Lord equips the assembly with gifts to carry on the ministry of the church. Ephesians 4:17-32 gives practical application of truth seen in Jesus in the working of the body of Christ. We can start by practicing verses 2 & 3. We have to be careful not to offend others. What we do affects the whole body. The Lord is coming soon. This is the hope He gives us, and the incentive to live for Him now.