Summary: Our goal as seeking Children of God is to become like Jesus Christ. We must hang out with him until we become like him. We must have a true love relationship with Jesus Christ. We must have a faith relationship with God.

The Goal

Ephesians 4:11-13

It was he [Jesus] who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (NIV)

The true function of a Christian

The true function of a Christian, is to reveal Christ Jesus to the world, through works of service. Through our faithfully completing the acts of service, we come to understand just who Christ Jesus is, and those people who witness, and/or benefit from them, also see God in action.

Your Life must be a True Testimony of Christ

Being a Christian is far more of who we are, and what we do, than what we say and where we spend Sunday morning. You can talk about Jesus until you are blue in the face, but your life is the true testimony.

Our goal: Increase Your Knowledge of God

Our goal, as Christians, is to increase our knowledge of God. What kind of person is God? What would he do, or say, in my situation? What pleases him? Your level of Christian maturity is directly proportional to your knowledge of Jesus Christ. The relationship God desires with us, is a relationship of love, and I don't know any way to have a love relationship with someone I don't know. The closer I am to someone, the better I know them, and the better I know them, the more I can please them. The more I please them, the more they will trust me with their heart, and so I can get even closer. Also the more of myself that I entrust to them, the closer they can draw near to me.

Spend Time with God

What I am talking about applies to human relationships, but more importantly, it also applies to our relationship of love with God. We come to know God better by spending time with him; in his Word, with fellow believers, in prayer, and in listening to his Spirit as we live our lives on the Earth. With this knowledge we live to please the One we love. In pleasing him, we draw nearer to him, and he in turn, draws nearer to us.

Come near to God and he will come near to you. James 4:8 (NIV)

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. Jesus Christ -- John 14:1 (NIV)

Whereas our relationship has some aspects of the tender relationship between a wife and her husband, a relationship with God also has some of the aspects of a child/parent relationship. As a child trusts its parents to supply all its needs, so too we must trust in God to care for us. This is very important. It is through this trust that God expands our understanding of him.

For example: If I make a mistake at work and am tempted to lie about it, or cover it up deceitfully, but then I hear the Spirit say; "Trust me," and so I do what the Lord would do, then I watch God's power in action. After seeing how the Lord used the mistake for my good, my love for him increases and my confidence in his loving care for me becomes more established.

Trust in God

If I trust in him, and not take dubious action, I can see and learn more about my loving God. The Lord will use every situation to strengthen you, mature you, and in general, make you more like him, that is, you will become a child of God in truth. Also when I refrain from ungodly action, even at the cost of personal loss, or pain, or embarrassment, I will grow in my understanding of God, and because of this I will have joy. Great joy springs from the heart that knows it has pleased the One it loves.

Christianity is not really a religion

Christianity is not really a religion. It is a real and true relationship with the God of all creation, through his Son Jesus Christ. It is a relationship of love and trust. God is good, and he wants us to want to be like him, to please him, as he desires to please us. He wants us to trust him to do good by us. Trust to the point of possible hurt and loss, because to displease the One we love, would give us greater pain than personal loss.

My dear reader, I leave you now with this word of caution; the bulk of teaching today has nothing to do with the truth. What is acceptable at most churches is not acceptable to God. If you have entered into a relationship with God, then you belong to him, and as such you have become his ambassador here on earth. If you have accepted his "proposal" and have become his bride/child then live to please your "husband'. Anything less and you are just fooling yourself.

May I be pleasing in his sight.
May I be the child of his delight.
May I bring honor to his name.
May I lead others to the same.
Ambassadors As a true Christian you renounce your citizenship of
any earthly government and accept the
citizenship of heaven and then therefore
act as an Ambassador from Heaven
assigned to the Earth. Apostles and Prophets in the Modern ChurchHas the day of Apostles and Prophets pasted in the
modern church? The Bible says no.
The Bible says that that day does not
pass until the Lord's Second Coming.
Believing in JesusTo believe in Jesus Christ is NOT to believe
that he EXISTS, but rather that he is
the Son of God and therefore every
single word that he spoke is to be
completely obeyed and worshipped.
Bible AxiomsBiblical Axioms, that is,
unchangeable laws, that help us understand the Bible.
Born AgainWhat does it mean to be Born Again?
It is your spirit nature, that is, your
eternal person, that is born again and
not the flesh. The born again experience
is a real tangible event and not a
metaphor for something.
ChildlikenessUnless you receive God's instruction
like a small child does with his or her
parents you will never truly come to
know God or enter into the Kingdom
of God.
DoctrineWhat is Doctrine? Is Doctrine bad?
What makes for good Doctrine? These
questions are examined in this paper.
FaithfulnessWe must be faithful toward God. It is
our faith that makes us holy. All our
relationships must be faithful. God must
be our focus. We must look only to
God for our needs.
False ProphetsThere are many false prophets among
us. False prophets are deceived and they
deceive others with their own sincerely
held beliefs. False prophets always quote
the Bible. False prophets and their followers
always think that they are following the
Bible's teachings. Read the Bible and be
totally honest with yourself about everything.
The GoalOur goal as seeking Children of God is to become
like Jesus Christ. We must hang out with
him until we become like him. We must
have a true love relationship with Jesus
Christ. We must have a faith relationship
with God.
God AlmightyGod is bigger than ANYONE can imagine--
infinitely bigger. God can tell you how many
individual cells are in your body and the state
of health of each and every one of them.
There is nothing that God doesn't know. If
we will honestly look and think we can see
God's brilliance through his creation. The
world is not an accident. God's revealed
answers are found in the Bible--read it.
God FollowersBeing a Christian is not a matter of words,
but of actions. Those that call themselves
Christians should be following God,
that is, living their lives as Jesus would.
How to Become God's FriendA relationship with God is more than just words.
It is a relationship of love and friendship.
If you want to be God's friend then act
like it. Be the type of person that God
would want for a friend.
In the Garden of EdenThe biblical account of the Creation
of the world and of mankind as found
in the first two chapters of the Bible are
filled with spiritual meanings. This paper
contains some descriptions of some of
the more interesting aspects of those stories.
The Lord's DesireWhat is the Lord's desire? This paper
reveals some of the things that God
wants from you.
Lucifer and Satan the DevilThe popular image and understanding of
Lucifer/Satan is nowhere near the truth.
Only by reading the Bible for ourselves
can we come to understand who he was/is.
What is the Meaning of Life?What is the meaning of life? This paper
talks about that and also some other obscure
things, such as why a woman takes her
husband's name upon marriage and why
homosexuality is wrong, (spiritually).
Noble VesselsWe are to be noble vessels that are worthy
of a relationship with the Creator. We have
been forgiven of our sins through the sacrifice
of Jesus Christ on the cross so that we can
live pure and guiltless lives before God,
and not so that we can walk in sin with
a clear conscience.
RacismGod has accepted every people of
the earth and so must you.
Religion is ConfusingThis paper is about the nature of Christianity.
Christianity is not a religion. It is about a
loving relationship with the Creator through
his revealed image, that is, Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is Our Role ModelJesus Christ is our Role Model.
We must imitate him and become like him.
It is through our imitation of Jesus that
we come to truly understand the Truth
and to truly know God.
Spiritual FulfillmentThis paper explains some of the secrets
of the universe! The Bible has many very
interesting secrets hidden in plain sight.
If you will open your heart
you can see these secrets and thereby see
the way to spiritual fulfillment.
SpiritualismSpiritualism and how it relates to the Bible.
Speaking in TonguesWhat is speaking in tongues? Is it biblical?
Should you be speaking in tongues? This
paper examines these questions and more.
Ticket to HeavenDo you have a ticket to heaven? What is required
to go there? What does it mean to go to
heaven or hell? These are answered and
more too.
Tithing to the ChurchDo members of the Church need to tithe?
Tithing is a part of the Law of Moses and
the Church is not subject to the law, however
we are to give. This paper examines the law
of tithing and our need to give.
Understanding the BibleThe Bible is a pretty bizarre book.
It cannot be understood as other books
might be. This paper talks about how to
read and understand the Bible.