Due to the length of this study I will be doing it over the next two weeks you can find the study on my web site after each session is completed. I will be asking Ascher to create a link from the room’s site directly to each study.

Things we will cover

1. God made man with a purpose in mind.
2. God has plans for all people
3. Jesus has restored man so he can find his destiny
4. What your destiny is
5. What your destiny is not.

You have a destiny:
Psalms 139:13 --  For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Psalms 139:14 --  I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works;
                            and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalms 139:15 --  My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought
                             in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psalms 139:16 --  Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members
                              were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Destiny - The state or condition appointed or predetermined; ultimate fate.

Consider these thoughts on man having a destiny:

I.  God's plan for man

    A. The making of man
        God made man with a Spirit, Soul, and Body
        Man had a rule - Genesis 1:26 - destiny.
        Genesis 1:26 -- And God said, Let us make man in our image,  after our likeness: and let
                                   them have dominion over the fish of  the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
                                   and over the cattle,  and  over all the earth, and over every creeping thing
                                   that creepeth  upon the earth.

     B. The fall of man  - Genesis 3:1-7
          Can anyone tell us what eves first mistake was?
          She misquoted the command God had given concerning the fruit of the tree  of life. Genesis 2:17
        Genesis 2:17 --  But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil,  thou shalt not eat it: for in the day
                                     that thou eatest thereof  thou shalt surely die.
        Genesis 3:1 --    Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of  the field which the LORD
                                     God had made. And he said unto the  woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not
                                     eat of every tree of the  garden?
        Genesis 3:2 --     And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat  of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
        Genesis 3:3 --     But of the fruit of the tree which is in the  midst of the garden, God hath said,
                                   Ye shall not eat of it,  neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
        Genesis 3:4 --   And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not  surely die:
        Genesis 3:5 --    For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof,  then your eyes shall be opened,
                                   and ye shall be as gods, knowing  good and evil.
        Genesis 3:6 --    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for  food, and that it was pleasant
                                  to the eyes, and a tree to be  desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof,
                                  and did  eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
       Genesis 3:7 --    And the eyes of them both were opened, and they  knew that they were naked;
                                  and they sewed fig leaves together,  and made themselves aprons.
 

What happened to his spirit, Soul, Body?
Satan took man's domain - Luke 4:6 - destiny stolen.
*Luke 4:6 --  And the devil said unto him, All this power   will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is    delivered  unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

    C. Jesus came to deliver Man
         What Jesus came to do for man’s Spirit, Soul, and Body

        Hebrews 2:14
        Hebrews 2:14 --  Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself
                                     likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had
                                     the power of death, that is, the devil;
        Jesus overcame the devil and took the power of death from him.

        Clossians 1:13
        Colossians 1:13 --  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the
                                        kingdom of his   dear Son
        Jesus overcame the power of Darkness

         Acts 26:18
        Acts 26:18 --  To open their eyes, and to turn them  from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan
                               unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which
                               are sanctified by faith that   is in me
        We are sanctified by faith in Jesus

        Thus: Luke 4:18-19
        Luke 4:18 -- The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because   he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the
                            poor; he   hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,
                            and recovering of sight to the   blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
        Luke 4:19 --  To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
        Jesus has come to set us Free

Therefore, the resurrection of Christ is the most important event in all of History!

Revelation 1:17-18 - destiny returned- Jesus Lives forevermore and holds the  keys to death.
        Revelation 1:17 --  And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as  dead. And he laid his right
                                        hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear  not; I am the first and the last:
        Revelation 1:18 --  I am he that liveth, and was dead; and,  behold, I am alive for evermore,
                                        Amen; and have the keys of hell  and of death.
 
 

II. What your destiny is - 2Timothy 4:6-8 - Fight the good fight, finish the race, Keep the faith.
    2nd Timothy 4:6 --  For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
    2nd Timothy 4:7 --  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
    2nd Timothy 4:8 --  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
                                     the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all
                                     them also that love his appearing.

A war to fight - 2Timothy 4:7

2Corinithains 10:3-5 - We war not with the flesh
    2nd Corinthians 10:3 --  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
    2nd Corinthians 10:4 --  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the
                                            pulling down of strong holds;)
    2nd Corinthians 10:5 --  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against
                                            the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
                                            obedience of Christ;

1Tim 6:12 - Fight the Good fight
    1st Timothy 6:12 --  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,whereunto thou art also called,
                                      and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

2Tim 2:3-4 - We will endure hardship
    2nd Timothy 2:3 --  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
    2nd Timothy 2:4 --  No man that warreth entangleth himself  with the affairs of this life; that he may please
                                    him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

Ephesians 6:12-13 - We need to prepare for battle by putting on our armor
    Ephesians 6:12 --  For we wrestle not against flesh and   blood, but against principalities, against powers,
                                   against   the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual   wickedness in
                                    high places
    Ephesians 6:13 --  Wherefore take unto you the whole armour   of God, that ye may be able to withstand
                                    in the evil day,   and having done all, to stand.

 Our weapons: Prayer, faith, suffering, dying to self, the blood of Christ, the  word of our testimony - Revelation 12:10-11

    Revelation 12:10 --  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength,
                                    and the  kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren
                                    is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
    Revelation 12:11 --  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;
                                      and they loved not their lives unto the death.

THERE IS A PRIZE TO BE WON!!! - 2timothy 4:8; Philippians 3:14

    2nd Timothy 4:8 --  Henceforth there is laid up for me a   crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
                                    the righteous   judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but   unto
                                    all them also that love his appearing.

    Philippians 3:14 --  I press toward the mark for the prize   of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.