Our Purpose
1. The world is not about us; it is about God. God is love and magnificent. Love needs to return to Him. He is magnified by all of creation and it shows His greatness- which is shown. God didn't make man primarily to have a relationship with him- that is a benefit. Our purpose is to glorify God (Isaiah 43:7) and we were created for His pleasure (Revelation 4:11).
Colossians 1:16,17 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Romans 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.
2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
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3. Definition of glorify: to render (or esteem) glorious; glorify; full of (have) glory, honour, magnify.
A. In the course of glorifying Him, we must remember that He is the potter and we are the clay. It is always our highest good to be the clay for God.
Romans 9:14-24
B. Examples of our purpose to glorify God or that He is the potter and we are the clay:
Colossians 1:16,17 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Romans 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.
2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
2. Review Chart 7
3. Definition of glorify: to render (or esteem) glorious; glorify; full of (have) glory, honour, magnify.
A. In the course of glorifying Him, we must remember that He is the potter and we are the clay. It is always our highest good to be the clay for God.
Romans 9:14-24
B. Examples of our purpose to glorify God or that He is the potter and we are the clay:
*John 11:1-4 v.4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
*Psalm 148:1-14 v.13 his glory is above the earth and heaven *Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. *1 Peter 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. *Proverbs 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. *John 9:1-3 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. *Psalm 107: 1,2,6-8,23-31 *Book of Job |