God did not create man because He needed a servant. He created man because He wanted someone who would manifest His character and His nature.

If we forget this truth, it is easy to get sidetracked into imaging that service for God is the primary purpose of our salvation in Christ. This is the mistake that many believers have made.

Our Father in heaven and the Holy Spirit in our hearts are both working towards one goal – that we might become like Jesus. The more we become like our Lord in character, the more we will live on earth as He lived.

This and this alone is the Spirit-filled life.

As we compare the opening pages of Scripture with its closing pages, we find that the two trees (the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil) have produced two systems, by the end of time – Jerusalem and Babylon. One is determined to glorify God. The other is out to exalt man. One follows Christ. The other follows Adam. One lives in the Spirit, the other in the flesh. All of us are being caught up in one of these two systems today.

Ask God to open your eyes as you read this book...