Dear dtnl42-ga;
Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question. Here
are some Biblical references to the fact that God wants us to enjoy
life and have a full life:
1Ti 6:17 ?Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not
highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who
giveth us richly all things to enjoy?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Ti/1Ti006.html#17
Isa 65:22 ?They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not
plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree [are] the days of my
people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Isa/Isa065.html#22
Ecc 2:24 ?[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should
eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his
labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Ecc/Ecc002.html#24
Ecc 3:13 ?And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the
good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Ecc/Ecc003.html#13
Ecc 5:18 ?Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely
[for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour
that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God
giveth him: for it [is] his portion.?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Ecc/Ecc005.html#18
Here are some Biblical references to the fact that God wants us to
benefit from our lives:
Psa 1:3 ?And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Psa/Psa001.html#3
2Ch 26:5 ?And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had
understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the
LORD, God made him to prosper.?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/2Ch/2Ch026.html#5
1Ch 22:13 ?Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the
statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning
Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Ch/1Ch022.html#13
Here are some Biblical references that relate to man?s potential, and
how God not only intended, but also made it possible for man to have
such potential that he could, if he tried, be God-like/Christ-like
(with the ability to become to become holy, sinless and even divine
ourselves):
Psa 8:4-8 ?What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of
man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower
than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou
madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put
all [things] under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts
of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and
whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Psa/Psa008.html#6
Heb 2:8 ?Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in
that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing [that is] not
put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.?
http://www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/popup/1101152089-888.html#7
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Tutuzdad-ga ? Google Answers Researcher
INFORMATION SOURCES
WHAT MAKES MAN UNIQUE?
http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.showResource/CT/ACCC/k/828
WHAT IS GOD?S PURPOSE FOR MANKIND?
http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.showResource/CT/ACCC/k/781
BIBLICAL STATEMENTS ON MAN; POTENTIAL TO BECOME GOD
These two sub-headings in particular:
?Overcome, even as Christ overcame; become an heir as he is an heir?
?That your joy might be full, even as he has a fullness of joy.?
http://www.greaterthings.com/Topical/Even_as_I_am.htm
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