The Complete Life: Living Within Four Dimensions of Human Life

The Complete Life

Living Within Four Dimensions of Human Life

Stephen Boseah

Elder, teacher and preacher

THE COMPLETE LIFE

Copyright © 2017 by Stephen Boseah

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Dedication

I humbly dedicate this book to the following two great people:

Pastor Godwin Benefo of Firm Founders International Ministries — France.

and

My dear wife Dorcas, as she is affectionately called.

Acknowledgement

To You, the Almighty God, I owe a debt of gratitude so great that I have no idea if I could ever repay it before my temporal life ends. The knowledge and wisdom you gave me cannot be quantified monetarily.

I am also unsure of my capacity to make it up to the following personalities for their invaluable contribution toward my life:

Pastor Yeboah Asiamah and his wife, at Christ for All Church in Cologne, Germany, I am so grateful to you. You gave me your able shoulders to stand on so that I can see afar. How far I see now, therefore, is the result of the strong shoulders you given me to stand on.

I am very thankful to you, Mr. Williams Effah, in Luton, Great Britain. Your priceless intellectual contribution to this great work will forever be appreciated. Thank you, sir.

VIKE SPRINGS PUBLISHING LTD must be recommended for their dedication and readiness to publish new writers ALSO. Good publishers who are ready to publish novices are hard to come by nowadays. Thanks for making this wonderful working.

Last but not least, I am so grateful to the following great men of God who have indirectly inspired and impacted my life in a special way. 1. Dr. Mensah Otabil; 2. Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo; 3. Dr. Bishop Agyin Asare; and 4. Pastor Sam Adeyemi. Thank you, sirs.

Introduction

What is a ‘complete life’? Is it a reality or an illusion? Is it achievable, or is it opposed to reality? These questions have been pondered by many great minds for time immemorial, but no answers have so far been provided by human concepts and theories.

The title of this book sprang from the fact that I have been asking myself the same question: How can life be completely lived? My insatiable quest for answers to the above questions led me to this incredible revelation about the foundational structures of the life of Jesus, which is a priceless resource for this book.

This book is meant to help those who are confronted with the same and similar questions, especially youth — they have more years and broader life opportunities to carve out a life that encompasses all the dimensions that constitute a ‘complete life’ which have been revealed in this book.

The inability to understand and explain everything in life with human language is normal and does not necessarily mean life is an illusion. Life indeed, has meaning and a purpose. By the time you will have completed this book, you will fully understand life in its entirety.

There are many half-truths and completely falsified answers out there. Intellectualism and materialism — as well as individual and community values and principles — serve only to muddy and confuse an understanding of a ‘complete life’ or ‘complete living’. Complete life can be defined only by using the life of Jesus as a prototype. His life is a standard and guiding principle for right and complete living.

This book, therefore, seeks to provide a more complete answer based on the practical life of Jesus and the written word of God in general. The word of God is the repository of God’s mind and reveals His purpose in creating all that He has created. So for us to understand or unravel the difficulty and mystery concerning creation, His ‘mind’ must be consulted.

Christianity acknowledges that man is made in the image of God. With this knowledge, we can explore human life relative to its source, which obviously is complete and absolute in all dimensions.

Therefore, for us to be able to identify and recognize ‘that creator’ and what constitute His life and nature, He was bodily revealed in the person of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who was born of a woman. His life is an archetype of the reality of God — with which every other life should be defined and spiritually reproduced in kind.

Humans are tripartite beings who live within four dimensional components which are the building blocks of a complete life. Life cannot be complete without fulfilling the requirements of those components. Jesus, creator of the universe, the incarnated God, went through the same process and fulfilled those requirements.

Moreover, the life Jesus brought was full and complete; it embodies all things and explains the reason for life and creation. But the inability or failure to know the immaterial components of that life and their bearing on human life will make it impossible to comprehend ‘complete life’.

One thing that must be made clear is that this book is not seeking to address perfectionism — not at all. Even the ‘Grace concept’ does not support perfectionism theory. Since the fall of man, mankind has been fallible and will continue to be so until the perfect day of Jesus’ return. We are able to do what we do because of grace. Imputed righteousness, or grace, does not change the fact of human fallibility.

Being human, you may definitely have goals and desires to achieve and fulfil, but in the midst of that, there are values and principles that must be adhered to. This is because complete living is not a matter of material and educational achievements. It is, rather, measuring up to the fullness and the standard of the incarnated God through His enabling power.

Although being materially self-sufficient or living a moderate life in this material world fulfils part of the dominion mandate, materialism cannot in any way be a substitute for ‘complete life’. It is not the standard against which complete life should be measured. Jesus did not have material possession and wealth, yet He is the most successful person who has ever lived on this planet. In the same way, the Apostles, having dedicated their lives to Christ never became materially rich, yet we are still reaping their success.

It is exactly what Jesus alluded to in Matthew 6:33 when He said, But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. The admonition here is that the priority of life should not be material acquisition. It should rather be the source and the power behind all things — The Kingdom of God. Every material thing in this world emanated from the spiritual realm of God’s Kingdom.

To be sure, one can read many books, in fact, good books, including philosophy, psychology, Christian literature, novels, fiction, and self-help and motivational books. But I want you to take the time to read this book also — you will not be disappointed. You will be inspired to read this book over and over again, because it has the capacity to shape your life by re-directing your perspective on life.

Understanding the content of this book and the message that this book conveys may well be a life-changing event for you. My wish for you is that reading this book may be an insightful and exciting experience that will enable you to grow and that will position you on a higher pedestal in life.

Chapter I: Why Complete Life

What is ‘complete life’? What does it mean to have a complete and a balanced life? What does it look like? Is it achievable?

These are the mind-boggling unanswered questions that the world, with its proud knowledge, intellectuals and thinkers, has not been able to provide answers for. With that failure, the ultimate meaning and understanding of the concept of ‘complete life’ or ‘complete living’ has remained elusive — our understanding is subjective, at best.

Many people, religious bodies and institutions have tried to define a ‘Complete life’ based on their belief systems, values, principles and intellect. However, the true meaning of this concept has never been accurately and adequately defined. Frankly speaking, how people live their lives and pursue their value systems reveal how they understand life.

Failure to understand life in its entirety cannot be avoided if people are ignorant about God’s intention of creating it and how that life is supposed to be lived. The fact simply is that it is very difficult to draw a comprehensive plan to deal with something you do not understand. So it is not surprising at all that the world has failed to deal with life in its proper context.

Many people say that ‘complete living’ has to do with happiness and self-sufficiency, while others suggest it is being rich, famous or successful in one area of operation, profession and so on. However, Jesus diffused this assertion — which was a closely held belief in His time — that says one’s possessions determine one’s worth and essence in life.

Jesus said, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; LIFE does not consist in an abundance of possessions" (Luke 12:15). In other words, Jesus was saying that the ‘stature’, the worth, the essence and the value of a man is not in WHAT he has but WHO he is. What could that be then, if it is not one´s possessions, education or riches?

No secular or even religious book has been able to answer or define life in its entirety and completeness, as already indicated. But, gladly, Christianity, based on the Holy Scriptures, has answers to all the above