The Gospel Truth
A Biblical journey to explain our existence
The Meaning of Life.
In the Beginning
It’s vital to recognize that God is the ultimate cause of everything. He created all things independently, needing nothing and no one. He is the reason for existence and the sustaining force of life—the ever-present power upholding creation. God alone defines and embodies
perfect love and truth; there is no other source of life, and none compares to Him (Isaiah 46:9). He is our Creator, Lord, Master, Ruler, King, and Father—the very foundation of our lives. He is the beginning of all creation and the essence of all perfection.
This perfect God chose to create humanity. Like a tree giving birth to branches, God’s love brought us forth as His own. He desired a family—He, the Father, and we, His children. However, rather than creating beings without choice, God wanted us to love Him freely. To make this possible, He had to allow us an option: a doorway beyond Himself. For genuine choice to exist, something outside His light was necessary, which became the doorway to darkness. Thus, God permitted Satan’s rebellion to open that door, granting humanity the freedom to choose.
God knew that, as thinking beings, we would need the freedom to explore life apart from Him to truly understand our need for Him. To make a real choice, we’d need to experience what it’s like to live in a world of our own making, trying to be our own gods. Anticipating that we would follow Satan into darkness, God created the earth and everything in it as a place for us to exhaust our rebellious pursuits. This wasn’t because God is harsh, but because life cannot truly exist apart from Him—the branch cannot survive without the vine. This world serves as a temporary grace period, a chance for us to recognize that nothing here can sustain us without leading to decay and death. Here, we have the opportunity to see this truth and, if we choose, to open our eyes to Him.
Spiritual Death
The Bible tells us that no one naturally seeks after God (Romans 3:10-12) —why? Because we prefer to believe we can manage our lives independently, without submitting to a perfect God. We are like wild horses resisting taming. Adam and Eve’s ultimate sin wasn’t merely eating the forbidden fruit; it was their rejection of God—a failure to believe in Him, trust His word, and love Him. In their place, we would have all done the same.
“I am the vine, you are the branches; apart from me you can do nothing” ~ John 15:5
God’s love nurtures everything we need to thrive. Our relationship with Him enables us to bear the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Only through God's love can we find these qualities. The moment we rejected God, the spirit within us died. We became orphans, living without our Father's love and guidance. While we may exist for a time, we ultimately wither and die. Although we possess the capacity and a measure of faith given by God to bear a residue of His fruit, our selfishness corrupts it, yielding something subpar at best. The fruit we bear has no life, only death.
Our Earthly Prison
God is perfect, and everything imperfect cannot remain in His presence. Yet, rather than extinguishing us, He chose to temporarily turn away, closing the door to Himself and granting us time in this earthly "prison."
Why do I call this earth a prison? Consider why we send people to prison: to encourage change and to protect others. Just as we cut away a diseased branch to save the tree, earth became our “prison” to guide us toward transformation and preserve what is good. God doesn’t demand perfection from us to dwell with Him—He wants us to recognize our fatal mistake in turning away. Like a prisoner who sees his wrongs and is welcomed back into society, God desires us to understand that life apart from Him is empty. By returning to Him, He renews our hearts, revives our spirits, and invites us into His kingdom to live in lasting peace.
The Old Testament
The Old Testament chronicles humanity’s attempts to live and thrive apart from God—a world where people sought to build their own kingdoms and become their own gods. Left to our own devices, we quickly fell into cycles of abuse, misuse, and enslavement. We grew weary in our quest for meaning, endlessly chasing the wind, and some eventually cried out to God for deliverance. Yet, many desired only His rescue, not His presence. They thought they could leverage God to improve their lives without truly surrendering to Him. In response, God provided a multitude of laws, commandments, and sacrifices to demonstrate that religious self-effort is exhausting and ultimately futile; it cannot bring salvation. He sought to show that there are only two ways to dwell with Him: perfection—which is unattainable for us—or love, which makes everything possible. What God truly wanted was our hearts, not our self-reliance and religion.
Consider a relationship—would you want a partner who remained with you solely for their own benefit, who followed the rules just to gain something? Or would you prefer someone who acts out of genuine love and commitment? This is the essence of the Heaven God is striving to create.
The New Testament
The New Testament marks a time when people finally grew weary of the futility of self-centered living. God sent Jesus to reopen the door to His kingdom by paying for our sins. Jesus came with an invitation—a proposal to unite with Him in a covenant of love, where He is the groom and those who accept Him are His bride. For those who recognize that true life cannot be found apart from God, and who see this world as a prison separating them from their real home with the Father, the path back to God is through repentance and a loving submission to Jesus.
Sanctification: The Process That Follows
For those who give their lives to Jesus, they are sanctified and cleansed of all sin—past, present, and future—because Jesus paid the ultimate price. He now leads us down the narrow path of sanctification, guiding us as we grow and prepare for life in His kingdom. As we follow Him, we become pilgrims—beacons of light guiding others toward Heaven's doorway. We are like prisoners being led out of captivity, shining a light of hope for those still lost in darkness.
Heaven
Heaven will be a place where everyone lives in submission to God, guided by love and trust, having discovered that there is no alternative. There will be no rebellion, no selfishness, and no debates—only a profound trust in God’s love and faithfulness. This is why God’s kingdom will be a realm of perfect peace and divine serenity.
This is the Gospel Truth.
"If we don't live fully for God now, how can we expect to live for Him in Heaven?
