Never underestimate the value of your life. You were born to become
one of God's divine children. You were born to receive His very nature
and character and, eventually, eternal life on His level of existence.
The grand purpose for which God created mankind is utterly awe-inspiring.
And realize that this destiny is not only for humanity in a general
sense-but it is meant for you personally. God wants to
exalt you to share eternal, divine life with Him and all of
His children.
If God is opening your mind to the awesome potential for which He made
you, then He is inviting you to be among the forerunners in His plan
for mankind -to be His spiritual son or daughter now in anticipation
of the full glory to be bestowed at the resurrection of the dead when
Jesus Christ returns.
Who, then, are the children of God today? Who will yet become part
of God's immortal spiritual family? How can you or any of us attain
that awesome destiny? And what will life be like when we are ultimately
raised to glorified existence?
Entering the family
The Bible explains that those inducted into God's immortal family must
first sincerely repent of their sins, be baptized and receive the gift
of God's Spirit (Acts 2:38). By receiving the Holy Spirit, they become
converted members of Christ's spiritual body (1 Corinthians 12:12-13),
which is His Church (Colossians 1:24). They await the resurrection at
Christ's return, when they will be given immortality (1 Corinthians 15:51-54).
