The Mystery of Human Life

Have you ever asked yourself why you are living in this world and what the purpose of human life is? No matter what type of person you are or what your profession is, there are a few things which you, like most people, would agree with, that is:

Money cannot satisfy man

Education cannot satisfy man

Pleasure cannot satisfy man

Success cannot satisfy man.

WHY?

Because you have not yet realized God's plan. God has a plan. This plan has everything to do with man. In the Bible, this plan is called God's economy. God's economy is just God's entire plan for man. It explains the origin and destiny of man as well as the meaning of human existence.

HOW CAN YOU KNOW GOD'S ECONOMY?

1. MAN HAS GOD'S IMAGE

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...." - Genesis 1:26a

God's creation of man is different from His creation of all other things. He created man in His own image. A glove is created according to the likeness of a hand with the purpose of containing the hand. Likewise, man was created in the image of God with the purpose of containing God.

2. MAN IS A VESSEL

God "should make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy...even us." - Romans 9:23-24

We are vessels of God.God wants to be our content.As bottles are made to contain water, we are made to contain God. It is no wonder that knowledge, wealth, pleasure, and accomplishment can never satisfy you, for you were created to contain God!

3. THE PARTS OF MAN

"May your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete." - 1 Thessalonians 5:23

Man is God's vessel. The Bible divides this vessel into three parts—the spirit, the soul, and the body. See diagram below:

The BODY is simply the physical body, belonging to the physiological level, contacting the things of the material realm, and is the most superficial part.
The SOUL is the mental faculty, belonging to the psychological level, contacting the things of the mental realm, and is a deeper part.
The SPIRIT is the deepest part of man, belonging to the spiritual level, and contacts the things of God.
For problems of the body one may see a doctor.For problems of the mind one may visit a psychiatrist.Yet only God can solve the problems of the spirit.

4. GOD'S ECONOMY

God wants to enter into man's spirit, to become his content and his satisfaction.
This is the purpose of human existence! You are not merely created to contain food in your stomach, or to contain knowledge in your mind, but you are created to contain God in your spirit.

WHAT MUST YOU DO NOW?

"...if you confess with your mouth, Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from among the dead, you shall be saved." - Romans 10:9

NOW PLEASE PRAY:

"Lord Jesus! I am a sinner. I need You. Come into my spirit. Take away my sin. Fill me that I may have the life of God. I receive You right now as my Savior and life. I give myself to You. I ask this in Your name, Amen!"