Did you know the God’s Purpose for the Youth????? LESSON 2

 A Call to the Youth PART 1

                                        

God wants the youth to become men of earnest mind, to be prepared for action in His noble work, and fitted to bear responsibilities. God calls for young men with hearts uncorrupted, strong and brave,
and determined to fight manfully in the struggle before them, that they may glorify God, and bless humanity. If the youth would but make the Bible their study, would but calm their impetuous desires,
and listen to the voice of their Creator and Redeemer, they would not only be at peace with God, but would find themselves ennobled and elevated. It will be for your eternal interest, my young friend,
to give heed to the instructions in the word of God, for they are of inestimable importance to you.

I entreat you to be wise, and consider what will be the result of leading a wild life, uncontrolled by the Spirit of God. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption.” For your soul’s sake, for Christ’s sake, who gave Himself to save you from ruin, pause on the threshold of your
life, and weigh well your responsibilities, your opportunities, your possibilities.

Jinsi Mungu Anavyompenda Mwanadamu- 2

Ingawa dunia imeanguka katika hali mbaya kwa ajili ya dhambi, lakini yote yaliyomo si huzuni na mashaka. Viumbe vya ulimwengu vimekuwa kama mitume waMungu kutuletea habari za faraja na utulivu. Kila mti wa miiba una maua yake pia; yaani, katika kila shida twaweza kupata baraka za Mungu.

“Mungu ni pendo” imeandikwa juu ya kila chipukizi, juu ya ncha ya kila jani dogo linalochipua. Ndege wazuri wanaoijaza anga na nyimbo zao za furaha, kila aina ya ua lililotiwa rangi nzuri katika ukamilifu wake likitia harufu yake nzuri katika hewa, miti mirefu sana ya msituni pamoja na majani yake mazuri ya kijani kilichokolea yote hutushuhudia upendo na utunzaji wa Mungu, jinsi anavyotaka kuwafurahisha watoto wake.

Jinsi Mungu Anavyompenda Mwanadamu-1

VIUMBE vyote vya ulimwengu, na jinsi Mungu alivyojidhihirisha, vyote
huonyesha upendo wa Mungu. Baba yetu aliye mbinguni ndiye asili ya uhai, hekima, na
furaha. Vitazame viumbe vyote jinsi vilivyo vizuri na vya ajabu. Fikiri jinsi vifaavyo
kwa mahitaji na furaha, siyo ya wanadamu tu, bali ya viumbe vyote vilivyo hai.

Jua na mvua, huifurahisha na kuiburudisha nchi, pamoja na vilima, bahari na mabonde, vyote
hutuonyesha upendo wa Muumbaji wetu. Mungu ndiye anayevipatia viumbe vyake
vyote mahitaji yao ya kila siku. Katika maneno mazuri ya Mtunga Zaburi twasoma haya,

                               “Macho ya watu wote yakuelekea Wewe;
                                 Nawe huwapa chakula chao kwa wakati wake.
                                 Waufumbua mkono wako,Wakishibisha kilicho hai matakwa yake.
                                   ”Zaburi 145:15,16.

Mungu alimwumba mwanadamu katika hali ya furaha na utakatifu kamili; na
wakati nchi ilipotoka mkononi mwa Muumba, ilikuwa nzuri kabisa; haikuwa na dalili ya
uharibifu wala laana ya Mungu. Taabu na mauti viliingia kwa sababu ya kuivunja sheria
ya Mungu sheria ya upendo. Lakini, hata katikati ya maumivu yatokanayo na dhambi,
upendo wa Mungu umedhihirishwa. Imeandikwa ya kwamba Mungu aliilaani ardhi kwa
ajili ya mwanadamu. Mwanzo 3:17.

Miti yenye miiba na magugu - yaani, shida na majaribu yanayoyafanya maisha yake kuwa ya taabu na wasiwasi - yaliwekwa kwa manufaa yake, ili yawe sehemu mojawapo ya mafundisho yake yanayotakiwa katika mpango wa Mungu, ili apate kumtoa katika hali mbaya ya dhambi na kumrudisha katika hali njema aliyokuwa nayo mara ya kwanza.

Did you know the God’s Purpose for the Youth?????

In order that the work may go forward in all its branches, God calls for youthful vigor, zeal, and courage. He has chosen the youth to aid in the advancement of His cause. To plan with clear mind and execute with courageous hand demands fresh, uncrippled energies. Young men and women are invited to give God the strength of their youth, that through the exercise of their powers, through keen
thought and vigorous action, they may bring glory to Him and salvation to their fellow-men. (Gospel Workers, 67.)
                                 
                      

God's Purpose for His Church ( lesson -6 )

Wonderful is the work which the Lord designs to accomplish through His church, that His name may be glorified. A picture of this work is given in Ezekiel's vision of the river of healing: "These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. And it shall come to pass, that everything that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine." Ezekiel 47:8-12.

From the beginning God has wrought through His people to bring blessing to the world. To the ancient Egyptian nation God made Joseph a fountain of life. Through the integrity of Joseph the life of that whole people was preserved. Through Daniel God saved the life of all the wise men of Babylon. And these deliverances are as object lessons; they illustrate the spiritual blessings offered to the world through connection with the God whom Joseph and Daniel worshiped. Everyone in whose heart Christ abides, everyone who will show forth His love to the world, is a worker together with God for the blessing of humanity. As he receives from the Saviour grace to impart to others, from his whole being flows forth the tide of spiritual life.

                          

Marriage a Foretaste of Heaven.....

The warmth of true friendship and the love that binds the hearts of husband and wife are a
foretaste of heaven. God has ordained that there should be perfect love and perfect harmony between those who enter into the marriage relation. Let bride and bridegroom in the presence of the heavenly universe pledge themselves to love one another as God has ordained they should.
In Heavenly Places, 202.
 

God's Purpose for His Church ( lesson -5 )

Through centuries of persecution, conflict, and darkness, God has sustained His church. Not one cloud has fallen upon it that He has not prepared for; not one opposing force has risen to counter work His work, that He has not foreseen. All has taken place as He predicted. He has not left His church forsaken, but has traced in prophetic declarations what would occur, and that which His Spirit inspired the prophets to foretell has been brought about. All His purposes will be fulfilled. His law is linked with His throne, and no power of evil can destroy it. Truth is inspired and guarded by God; and it will triumph over all opposition.

During ages of spiritual darkness the church of God has been as a city set on a hill. From age to age, through successive generations, the pure doctrines of heaven have
been unfolding within its borders. Enfeebled and defective as it may appear, the church is the one object upon which God bestows in a special sense His supreme regard. It is the theater of His grace, in which He delights to reveal His power to transform hearts.

"Where unto," asked Christ, "shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?" Mark 4:30. He could not employ the kingdoms of the world as a similitude. In society He found nothing with which to compare it. Earthly kingdoms rule by the ascendancy of physical power; but from Christ's kingdom every carnal weapon, every instrument of coercion, is banished. This kingdom is to uplift and ennoble humanity. God's church is the court of holy life, filled with varied gifts and endowed with the Holy Spirit. The members are to find their happiness in the happiness of those whom they help and bless.