Whats our purpose?

[Guest lettheredeemedsayso]

Why did god create us? just wondering i never understood why.

We were created to glorify the Lord

[apothanein kerdos]

ill check it out some day

I wouldn't, it's a horrible book.

A better one would be "The Call" by Os Guinness because it's much more detailed and much more theologically sound.

What is not theologically sound about the book.. I have never heard Pastor Rick Warren called theologically unsound. How so? Examples please ....

For one he argues on page 10 I believe that when God wanted to prepare someone, He took 40 days. This implies that if you really want to be successful you better read his book because it prepares you for 40 days. The problem is this is not always the case...and if someone doesn't feel changed or isn't changed after 40 days, then what?

It's also theologically lopsided...if you read pages 58-59 he talks about salvation, in it he states:

"First, believe. Believe God loves you and made you for his purposes. Believe you're not an accident. Believe you were made to last forever. Believe God has chosen you to have a relationship with Jesus, who died on the cross for you. Believe that no matter what you've done, God wants to forgive you. Second, recieve. Receive Jesus into your life as your Lord and Savior. Recieve his forgiveness for your sins. Recieve his Spirit, who will give you the power to fulfill your life purposes."

He goes on, but in it we see that repentance and self-denial, the keys to salvation (Luke 9:23-24) are missing. Also, where is any explanation for WHY Christ had to die in the first place, or better yet, why I am a sinner. The problem is that when he finally brings up repentence (pg 105 and 182) he makes it seem as if though these are post-salvation events, when they are not. Warren also talks about how God is loving, caring, kind all the time but ignores how God is also holy, just, and righteous. By ignoring this, he offers a very lopsided view of God, one that is incomplete. If you go to modernreformation.org you can look up an interview with Warren where he admits to downplaying the Gospel message on purpose in order to increase his numbers. He brags about how he's baptized 11,000 members...but he never once mentions of any discipleship or if there is true spiritual growth.

I could go on, but you get the picture.

[Christian]

So do you think God needed us?

No, I think He wanted us.

[billie]

Yes, Christian, that's right. He wanted us.

[Nevin]

We are created to be an advertisement for Christ His glory and splendor.

[irishcowboy]

Why did god create us? just wondering i never understood why.

That is a question that many have wondered about over the centuries. There is a great book that addresses this quesiton called "The Purpose Driven Life", that may answer many of the questions you have, why are we here, why were we created, what is our purpose here, how should I live my life? I would highly recommend reading it. I should be a great blessing in your life.

there is one that explains it even better then rick warrens book..... it is called the BIBLE

the angels were created to praise Him, and Honor Him and Worship Him,

we were made so that we could Praise, Honor and Worship Him out of our OWN FREE WILL.....

which would a parent want their child to do...... hug them out of duty? or hug them out of love?

do the dishes because it is manditory, or do them because they wish to please their parents?

God wants us to loveHim, worship Him, praise Him, honor Him, because we want to Please Him, not because we have to.... just like tithing, He would rather we not give one red cent with sense of duty in our hearts, if we can not give it out of love, and desire to please Him....

if I sent you flowers only at your funersal, this is more of a sense of guilt or duty.....

rather, it would be better to send you flowers through out your life so that YOU could enjoy them.... this would be more out of love....

mike

[apothanein kerdos]

So do you think God needed us?

No, I think He wanted us.

Why? If He wanted us would this not make Him imperfect...for perfection means you are without want.

[Floatingaxe]

God is perfectly capable of having desire.

[Abigailwc]

God created us to worship Him and give Him thanks.

Ephesians 1:11-12 - In Him we were also made His inheritance, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will, so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.

John 4:23, 24 - But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

We have been created to do His will for His purpose.

Phil 2:13 - For it is God who is working in you, [enabling you] both to will and to act for His good purpose.

Being a christian is not about us, it's about Him. Of course by making Him our Lord and Savior we become God's heirs!

Romans 8:16-17 - The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God's children, and if children, also heirs

[apothanein kerdos]

God is perfectly capable of having desire.

Then He's not perfect...to desire means to be without...to be without means to be incomplete....to be incomplete is to be imperfect.

Abigailwc answered it perfectly, it's not about us, it's about Him. We need to realize that we are quite insignificant and we place too much of an emphasis upon ourselves. It's Christian humanism.