Why was Man Created?

[JohnD]

John 17 (KJV)
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

[Neighbor]

..."Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.".... Excerpt from Ecclesiastes 

[JohnR7]

On 5/21/2023 at 9:39 PM, Mr. M said:

to dress-[G5647] abad=to serve

to keep-[8104] samar=to observe, to watch over, to heed.

In Genesis 1 they were told to subdue and have dominion.  Genesis 1:28 "God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” 

[FJK]

1 hour ago, JohnR7 said:

“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” 

Interestingly, the one thing he was not given dominion over was his fellow man,

Something he seems intent on ever since to the extent he will sacrifice everything else God gave him to get it.

[AlsoBroken]

I don’t know but I sure love men. 🥰🤣

[AlsoBroken]

From my different studies - He is a Person and created humans to have a RELATIONSHIP with them. He is all about Relationship. Starting with the “we” of the Holy Trinity. 

[Mr. M]

2 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

In Genesis 1 they were told to subdue and have dominion.  Genesis 1:28 "God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” 

Surely the rule of man was intended to be that of a beneficent overseer, not a tyrannical consumer.

Luke 12:

42 And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion in due season? 

43 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 

44 Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has. 

[JohnR7]

9 minutes ago, Mr. M said:

Surely the rule of man was intended to be that of a beneficent overseer, not a tyrannical consumer.

That is a choice we make. A good man takes good care of His animals. A lot of people do not understand an eco system and how to take care of what we are given. 

[farouk]

On 5/21/2023 at 8:18 PM, NConly said:

d. Rom 8

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

@NConly I do think Romans 8 is among the most glorious chapters in Scripture......

[Vine Abider]

2 hours ago, AlsoBroken said:

From my different studies - He is a Person and created humans to have a RELATIONSHIP with them. He is all about Relationship. Starting with the “we” of the Holy Trinity. 

And I agree - this is something man must do in order to have dominion.  We rule as His ambassadors and must be in constant fellowship with Him to know His will as to what to do.  It is a delegated authority, so we must always be subservient to the Delegator and be in constant communication with Him - we are nothing in ourselves.