LESSON ONE – THE MYSTERY OF HUMAN LIFE

Rom. 9:23 — In order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He had before prepared unto glory.

10:9 — That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

GOD’S PLAN

God has a plan. This plan has everything to do with man [Eph. 1:5]. In the Bible, this plan is called God’s economy [3:9-11].

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.

MAN CREATED AS A VESSEL

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 [Rom. 9:23-24; Eph. 5:18].

SIN ENTERING INTO MAN AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL

Sin caused man’s spirit to be deadened… (2:1). Sin caused man’s mind to rebel…(Col. 1:21). Sin caused man’s body to sin…(Rom. 6:12).…Throughout history, man has tried every possible way to escape sin, [but man cannot save himself].

CHRIST BEING NAILED TO THE CROSS TO ACCOMPLISH THE WORK OF REDEMPTION

As the Lamb of God, He died to take away man’s sin…(John 1:29),…as the bronze serpent,…He died to crush the old serpent, Satan…(3:14), and as the grain of wheat, He died to release the divine life…(12:24).

GOD’S DISPENSING FOR REGENERATING MAN

God became f lesh, born as a man called Jesus.…“The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us” (1:14). The Lord became the Spirit called the life-giving Spirit by His resurrection from the dead.…“The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit” (1 Cor. 15:45). Since this Spirit is the life-giving Spirit, He dispenses God with His life into His believers.

WHAT MUST YOU DO NOW?

1.  Turn Your Heart to God—Repent

Repentance is to have a change in mind.

“Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near” (Matt. 4:17).

2.  Believe—Receive

Believing is just receiving.

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name” (John 1:12).

3.  Confess—Call

Being a Christian is an open matter. God requires that your heart believe and that your mouth confess.

“If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Rom. 10:9).

4.  Be Baptized—Testify

Baptism is a testimony before men. All believers should be baptized in order to be saved not only before God, but also before men.…Through baptism, God transfers us from the kingdom of Satan into the kingdom of God. For this reason, the Lord Jesus said: “Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5).

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!”

Reference: The Mystery of Human Life

GOD MADE MAN A VESSEL

Gospel—The Meaning of Human Life – 1404

• God made man a vessel he
  With a spirit, soul, body.
  God to man his content be
  That through man His glory see.

• Man does have God’s image true,
  Noble in his status, too.
  But God’s life man also needs
  Divine nature to receive.
• Christ in death as God expressed
  Man redeemed, His blood was shedd’st.
  In His resurrection He
  Enters us our life to be.

• Man without Christ will perceive
  That all things are vanity.
  Human life is meaningless
  Without hope or purpose.

• But when man takes Christ as life,
  He’s in spirit born anew.
  When he daily lives by Christ,
  Vanity is turned to song.