The Chronicles of the Biblical You

In a song, "Where am I going" (from Sweet Charity), Barbara Streisand sang, "Where am I going?...What am I doing?...Looking inside me, what do I see? Anger, hope, and doubt. Why do I care? What am I all about?"

The writer of the lyric raises questions on life, compelling you to answer the questions.

In regard to the origin, present status, and the destiny of life, every one staying physically alive knows that he or she is from a mother's womb, then goes to a grave, sooner than later. But this information does not satisfy us, for it is limited to a physical realm; it falls short of the life prior to the conception in a mother's womb, as well as the life beyond the grave.

So where did I come from? What am I doing? Where am I going? And why should I/you care?

Well, at least this is what the Bible (which by the way is called the book of life) says.

1. Life was in Jesus Christ. (Surprise?) John 1 says, "In Him was life and that life was the light of men..." Read John 1 and you will find as a bonus the infor on who made you and how he made you.

2. Adam (you) lost himself (yourself) due to sinning. Genesis 3

3. God sent Jesus, the Son to look for and save the lost. Luke 19:10; John 1:1-18

4. The way for him to save the lost is to remove for the lost the cause of  loss, that is, your sins (and all of its ill effects including the loss of the relationship with the Father). And he did it through himself offering as an atoning sacrifice on the cross. Thereafter he rose again and is now seated at the right hand of God working as your representative/mediator between you and God the Father. 1Co 15:3-4; Romans 5

5. To ensure that the lost be saved, for the one who repents and turns to Jesus the Savior for His grace, God gives him the right to be called a child of God. John 1:12 God also sends you the Holy Spirit to give you new birth, providing you with a brand new self that is designed to be like him in perfect righteousness, holiness, and redemption. (Col 3:10; Eph 4:24)

6. For the one who remains in Jesus Christ the Savior, his life is now preserved (hidden) in Jesus Christ, and will appear with Jesus in glory when Jesus Christ comes again. (Colossians 3:1-4)

7. The life you live now here in a physical body is to do the good work for which God sent you in this age. When your work is done, your body will remain in the grave, your soul will be preserved in a place called Sheol, but your spirit will go back to the Father, only for you (in a resurrected body) to reappear with him, and receive the inheritance that will be ordered by God in the coming age. Ephesians 1-2 If however Jesus returns while you are still in a physical body, he will ensure that you be  transformed into a body making you to be like Him (in a risen state) so you would reign with Him for good.

Have a nice day!