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8wrong direction. There are lots of folks, David Koresh's, Louis Farrakhan's and Shirley MacLaine's of this world, leading others in a wrong direction. They've got followings just because they've got a purpose. If you follow God's purpose for your life, youwill be respected, you will be emulated and you will be followed.The greatest way to help other people is to BE what God made you to be. That's the greatest way to help other people, to just BE what God made you to be. If like David, you serve God's purposes in your generation. God will bless many, many lives through you.4. It prepares me for God's evaluation.This is really the most important of all. One of these days, we are going to die. One of these days, I%u2019m going to die. One of these days, you're going to die. One of these days, all of what we call history is going to end and we will stand before God's judgment seat, so says Hebrews 9:26-27, Romans 14:10 and a host of other passages in Scripture. I've heard some people say that when we stand before that judgment seat, that's going to be the final exam of life. No it's not, that's when you get your test paper back. We're in the final exam right now because we've already got the questions. We're working on the answers. Every day, we are filling in the blanks.You say, %u201cWait a minute, I don%u2019t know what questions are on the final exam.%u201d Well, there are just two. When you stand before the judgment seat of God, I will tell you right now what they are. There are only two questions. They are, paraphrased and stated generically, %u201cWhat did you do with my son Jesus Christ?%u201d And %u201cWhat did you do with your life?%u201d Our God is the Creator and the Master. He has invested certain talents, abilities and gifts in you and he has planned certain functions within the Body, the Church, for you to do. How are you doing on your exam? What answers have you filled in last week? What are you going to write down by your actions this week?Our goal is that by the end of this series you will have a life plan, genuinely based on God's purposes for you. But, to close this lesson I want to ask the second question first. %u201cWhat did you do with your life today?%u201d Because living life to the best thatwe possibly can by our own initiative and power will not rid us of a single sin. We are so contaminated by sin that we cannot live with God forever in heaven because He is all Holy. In Him is light and there is no darkness at all. We will not go to heavenwith our iniquities, and all of us have iniquities. So, what is your answer to God%u2019s first question %u201cWhat did you do with my son Jesus Christ?%u201d The good news is, He sent His son to die on that cross, so that if by faith we connect to that cross, trusting and believing that Jesus is God's Son, being willing to confess that before anybody, repenting, which means turning; i.e., turning your life away from the trivial and worldly things, changing your worldly and sinful life saying, \culminating that faith response by being baptized, reenacting the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, so that you can be free from your sin. That's the beginning, that's the