The Only True
Purpose of Our Life
on Earth
Born into a
middleclass
Roman
Catholic
family in
India, I’d
been to
church every
Sunday for
Mass. At the
age of 12, I
was admitted
into
boarding
school in
Mumbai for
the 7th
Standard,
and went on
till I
completed
age 15 at 10th
standard in
the year
1995. During
these four
years I
attended
Mass daily,
sometimes
twice a day
because I’d
blow the
horn in the
band and was
active in
altar
service and
readings. I
heard and
read the
Holy Bible
but to me it
was nothing
more than a
history
book.
I was a
normal boy
-- good in
academics,
ranking
first in
class,
sometimes,
good in both
indoor and
outdoor
games. Life
seemed easy,
enjoyable
and
thrilling.
The vacuum
for
knowledge
and wisdom
to survive
in this
world of
competition,
career and
prosperity,
was being
fed on a
daily basis.
To support
my
education, I
started
working and
studying at
the age of
15 and by
the age of
24 I worked
as a
mechanical
engineer in
the Middle
East oil
industry,
all alone, a
bachelor,
earning,
saving and
investing,
etc. One
day, while
walking in
the desert
sand
outdoors, I
called up my
mom in
India, and
at the end
of the call,
she said,
“Arthur,
read the
Holy Bible,
kneel and
pray
everyday.”
So, being
the usual
obedient
son, I
returned
from work
the next
day,
finished
with the
routine
stuff of
tea, games
and a
shower. I
got the Holy
Bible out of
my suitcase,
and started
reading a
book a day,
approximately,
beginning
from
Genesis,
then knelt
and prayed.
By the end
of two and a
half
month’s, I
reached the
end of the
book of
Revelation.
During that
time, I felt
that my mind
was being
flashed with
a deep
meaning of
what I was
reading. I
didn’t feel
this when I
read the
Holy Bible
as a kid
during my
school days
(the
maturity
required
didn’t
kick-in back
then). But
whatever I
read now was
coming back
to my mind
during the
day, at
work, during
lunch, while
traveling.
It was
impacting my
mind. I felt
the Holy
Spirit
drawing me.
He induced a
thirst in me
for
knowledge,
but not
worldly
knowledge,
which I was
full of.
This was
divine
knowledge.
“Whosoever
drinketh of
the water
that I shall
give him
shall never
thirst; but
the water
that I shall
give him
shall be in
him a well
of water
springing up
into
everlasting
life” (John
4:14).
This was the
turning
point in my
life. I got
saved in a
land far
away from my
home in
India. In
the midst of
the desert,
I found my
Creator He
saved me.
There are
many who are
drawn away
into the
desert all
alone like I
was, and
have been
saved. For
example, the
meek man
Moses. I had
found the
true purpose
of my life
on earth.
Watch
carefully,
life is so
short when
compared to
eternity,
and there
are many who
are lost. My
friends, our
life on
earth is
very short,
as short as
vapor lasts.
“For what is
your life?
It is even a
vapour, that
appeareth
for a little
time, and
then
vanisheth
away” (James
4:14).
Every
passing
minute is
very
important.
We can’t
afford to
waste it. We
were created
with only
one purpose
in mind,
that is─to
be obedient
children of
God.
The natural
man can’t
discern this
purpose in a
natural
world. He
wants to be
a master of
himself
or/and
others, and
wants to do
that which
pleases
himself,
exalt
himself,
gain wealth,
property,
position,
enjoy all
possible
pleasures
and run
after all
that the
world
offers.
“But the
natural man
receiveth
not the
things of
the Spirit
of God: for
they are
foolishness
unto him:
neither can
he know
them,
because they
are
spiritually
discerned”
(1
Corinthians
2:14).
I don’t
judge or
condemn the
natural man,
he thinks
naturally,
driven by
the sinful
nature that
he
inherited.
He is so
engrossed
with worldly
things in
this short
life that he
can’t see
the true
purpose of
life on
earth. Being
a master of
all or/and
self is not
the purpose
of life. The
true purpose
of life is
to be a
humble and
obedient
child of
God, to
develop a
servant’s
heart, ever
ready to
love and
serve God
and our
neighbors.
“But now
being made
free from
sin, and
become
servants to
God, ye have
your fruit
unto
holiness”
(Romans
6:22).
Our God, our
Father, who
is
absolutely
holy and
righteous
wants us to
be His
obedient
children.
Obviously,
we need to
be holy and
righteous to
please Him
and partake
in His
eternal
family. When
I become a
dad, I want
my son to be
holy and
righteous
like Jesus,
the same way
God our
Father wants
it,
likewise. We
need to give
up our old
selves and
work out our
holiness.
“And that ye
put on the
new man,
which after
God is
created in
righteousness
and true
holiness”
(Ephesians
4:24).
I agree, we
were created
weak, my
friends,
that’s why
we’re called
“human
beings.” But
the only
reason we
were created
weak, by
God, is so
that we will
run to Him
and our
weakness
will change
to strength
by His
strength. My
friends,
today I see
so many who
don’t want
to know God,
it is the
negative
impact of
weakness.
Our weakness
should make
us run to
God, not
away from
Him. He is
our Father,
not our
enemy.
“My people
are
destroyed
for lack of
(spiritual)
knowledge”
(Hosea 4:6).
Our heavenly
Father has
given us an
example of
who -- we
should be
like
character-wise,
in heart,
mind, soul
and spirit.
This example
is His
divine Son,
our Lord and
Savior Jesus
Christ.
“And lo a
voice
[Father God]
from heaven,
saying, this
is my
beloved Son,
in whom I am
well
pleased”
(Matthew
3:17).
I see that
if I want to
be like
Jesus in
character, I
need to
focus on Him
with faith,
I need to
trust in
Him.
“Looking
unto Jesus
the author
and finisher
of our
faith”
(Hebrews
12:2).
Peter could
walk on
water as
long as he
focused on
Jesus, but
the moment
he shifted
his sight to
the waves,
he was about
to sink.
A few years
back, I came
across a
book called,
The
Imitation of
Christ
by Thomas A.
Kempis. I
read it, and
found it to
be well
written. I
thought if I
was not
enlightened
and indwelt
by the Holy
Spirit,
imitating
Christ would
be an
external
thing. I’m
not
criticizing
the priests
who managed
the boarding
I lived in,
but, if you
understand
what they go
through to
become a
priest, you
see that
they study
this very
same book,
and many
imitate
Jesus
Christ, some
inwardly by
the Holy
Spirit,
while some
outwardly
without.
My friends,
I was asked
to become a
Roman
Catholic
priest by
the boarding
principal at
my school at
the age of
15. But I
said, “I
can’t.” I
couldn’t
commit to
something I
was not
convinced
about.
Today, my
wife says,
“Good, you
refused.” My
point is,
Jesus
promised the
Holy Spirit
to us, so
that we
become like
Him in
character.
Logically,
the Holy
Spirit is
the Spirit
of God the
Father and
God the Son
Jesus. If
this Holy
Spirit,
which is the
third person
in the
Godhead,
lives within
us, we
become like
Jesus in
character,
and we will
be
controlled
by Him (Holy
Spirit), if
we surrender
our free
will to Him
(Holy
Spirit).
“The Spirit
of truth;
whom the
world cannot
receive,
because it
seeth him
not, neither
knoweth him:
but ye know
him; for he
dwelleth
with you,
and shall be
in you”
(John
14:17).
The human
weakness
that I spoke
of earlier
is common in
everyone.
Without
God’s Holy
Spirit all
will give
into
temptations.
It’s so
simple. I'll
give you a
quick
insight. If
any human
being is
tempted with
alcohol, he
will give
into the
pleasure of
drunkenness
that comes
by it, but
if I am
being
tempted by
alcohol, it
has no
effect. I
can’t get
tempted
because the
Holy Spirit
is
controlling
me. He has
transformed
my focus
onto
heavenly
things from
earthly
vanities. A
natural man
or a
drunkard
won’t
understand
this
explanation
of mine,
because his
mind and
heart have
been shut by
drunkenness.
Only with an
open mind
and heart
can this be
understood.
I've tried
this, few
others have,
but many
didn’t get
the point.
“Even
so we, when
we were
children
(natural),
were in
bondage
under the
elements of
the world”
(Galatians
4:3).
My friends,
since I was
born-again
of the Holy
Spirit of
God, the
Holy Spirit
guides me
into all
truth
concerning
myself and
the times.
“When he,
the Spirit
of truth, is
come, he
will guide
you into all
truth: for
he shall not
speak of
himself; but
whatsoever
he shall
hear, that
shall he
speak: and
he will shew
you things
to come”
(John
16:13).
The Holy
Spirit just
flashes the
truth onto
my mind, and
when I go
ahead to
verify, I
shockingly
find it to
be true.
This
increases my
faith.
“Faith
cometh by
hearing, and
hearing by
the word of
God” (Romans
10:17).
Many get
confused by
this
statement --
faith comes
by hearing
by the Word
of God, not
hearing the
Word of God.
We need to
hear by the
Word of God,
that’s why
Jesus
repeats
again and
again, “He
who has ears
to hear, let
him hear.”
Naturally,
apart from
the deaf,
everyone who
has fit ears
can hear,
but what
Jesus is
talking
about is
ears that
are
accustomed
to (in tune
with) the
voice of
God, ears
which hear
with
reference to
the Word of
God.
After I
understood
the only
true purpose
of my life
on earth, I
sought to
understand
the many
things of
God, one of
which is His
fantastic
management
style. My
friends, I
understand
that God is
God, was God
and will
always be
God. The
whole
creation is
supposed to,
and is
designed to
depend on
Him and
trust only
in Him.
That’s His
position.
His position
doesn’t
change, nor
can anyone
ever succeed
in taking it
from Him. We
know what
happened to
Lucifer.
It’s a great
example for
those who
take that
path, or
even
foolishly
think of
taking it.
What we see
around us,
and what we
can't see,
God controls
everything.
Right now,
I’m sure you
all see and
know that
we’re in the
end times,
and the
stage is set
for the
Antichrist
to rule this
world.
Governments
and
businesses
can hear and
see in and
outside
houses and
workplaces,
mobiles are
bugs for
passive
tapping of
every sound,
mobiles are
connected to
GPS
satellites
without
users
knowledge to
reveal
positions.
The
Rapture is
imminent.
Changes on
the world
stage are
happening so
fast, it’s
like the
“fast-forward”
button has
been
activated.
The one
world
everything
group is
rushing
ahead with
false
eternal hope
to control
the world.
God is
allowing
them to go
ahead.
They
find no
resistance
or
counter-strategy
by God like
confusing
their
languages
during
Nimrod's
time. He
also wanted
to rule the
world.
I see this,
“For where
soever the
corpse is,
there will
the vultures
be gathered
together”
(Matthew
24:28).
The corpses
are those
who have
rejected the
offer of
becoming
children of
God our
Father. The
vultures are
the
adversaries
of God and
his fallen
angels,
indwelling
the one
world
everything
group. The
vultures are
busy helping
(revealing
twisted
thoughts of
employees to
business
owners,
invoking the
minds of
employees to
plant dreams
and thoughts
specific to
business
owners
gains,
bonding
employees to
businesses)
and getting
the corpses
together to
control them
by force,
but before
the
Antichrist
stands,
we’ll be
gone in the
Rapture.
Seven years
down the
line,
they’ll be
wiped out
off the face
of the
earth, into
hell, in the
Armageddon
by our Lord
Jesus and
His angels.
So you see
my friends,
if we don’t
focus on the
only true
purpose of
our life on
earth, we’ll
be dumped
into hell. I
don’t strive
after
non-Christians
who by their
pride reject
Jesus. It’s
a waste of
our time
because
we’re to
respect them
and their
freewill.
All I say is
that there
is an
eternal
glorious
future for
all of us
who accept
Jesus as our
Lord and
Savior, and
watch for
Him 24/7.
Love you
all,
Arthur
Joachim
Rodricks
arthur.rodricks@ovi.com