Bible Lighthouse

The Bible reveals that God created human beings in His own image (Genesis 1:26 - 28). Whether or not you can believe this statement will depend on whether you can accept the never-ending evidence that the Bible is truly the word of God. According to Scripture, the Bible reveals that God created humans so they could learn to manage the earth (Genesis 1:26-28 and 2:15), and build character by learning to discern right from wrong (Genesis 2:16-17). In Genesis 2:18-24 God established the institutions of marriage and family. In the New Testament, Matthew 19:3-9, Ephesians 5:22-23, 6:1-4, 1 Timothy 2:8-15, and 1 Peter 3:1-7, God established the roles in marriage and revealed important guidelines so that these divinely ordained institutions would function smoothly and successfully.

The reason for the Biblical emphasis on learning to manage our own lives, and on functioning smoothly in marriage and family, is that we have been created to become members of God’s spiritual family as we can find in the scriptures of Romans 8:15-17, Hebrews 2:5-11, and 1John 3;1-3. If we qualify to become members of that spiritual family, we will reign with Jesus Christ when He returns to establish the Kingdom of God on earth as we read in Revelation 1:4-6 and 5:10. The Bible clearly reveals that we do not fly off to heaven when we die as explained in John 3:13, Acts 2:29 &34 and 13:36. When you understand what the Bible actually reveals about the purpose of life, you can begin to understand why the teachings of today’s ‘mainstream’ Christianity are not very satisfying or convincing.