james bond
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People spend a lot of their lives doing things, but there is a question that is in the back of their minds such as why did God create us? Or why are we here?
The answer to why God created us is for his pleasure. "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." Revelation 4:11
Even though we are here for "his pleasure," it does not mean that we are entertainers or we are beings to play with for his amusement. What it means is God is a creative being and creating us is part of being creative. If we create things, then it gives us pleasure and a feeling of accomplishment. God is also a personal being, so it gives him pleasure to have a relationship with his creation as we have pleasure in having a relationship with our relatives and friends.
The Bible says that we were made in the image and likeness of God so that we have the ability to know, love, worship, serve and have fellowship with him. What does this mean? God is spirit, so we, too, are spirit. However, we are a spirit that has a body. God created the human body out of dust and blew the breath of life into it. This spirit is us and it is that which is in the image and likeness of God. Our bodies are physical and because of sin may not be perfect. It doesn't matter as it is only temporary as we all know that it will return to being dust once more. Yet, the spirit will live on. Will it be spiritually perfect or will it be spiritually dead and perish in the fire?
Science is a search for the truth, but today's science ignores the spirit or that which it cannot understand. It tries to explain away the spirit or life force as something that exists because the physical body exists. It's only living because the body is made up of cells that are living. Everything can be explained with the physical body and brain. This is the weakness and folly of science today. It does not recognize the spirit and only acknowledges the body and material world. They cannot explain God and why he created us nor adequately explain why we are here?
The answer to why God created us is for his pleasure. "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." Revelation 4:11
Even though we are here for "his pleasure," it does not mean that we are entertainers or we are beings to play with for his amusement. What it means is God is a creative being and creating us is part of being creative. If we create things, then it gives us pleasure and a feeling of accomplishment. God is also a personal being, so it gives him pleasure to have a relationship with his creation as we have pleasure in having a relationship with our relatives and friends.
The Bible says that we were made in the image and likeness of God so that we have the ability to know, love, worship, serve and have fellowship with him. What does this mean? God is spirit, so we, too, are spirit. However, we are a spirit that has a body. God created the human body out of dust and blew the breath of life into it. This spirit is us and it is that which is in the image and likeness of God. Our bodies are physical and because of sin may not be perfect. It doesn't matter as it is only temporary as we all know that it will return to being dust once more. Yet, the spirit will live on. Will it be spiritually perfect or will it be spiritually dead and perish in the fire?
Science is a search for the truth, but today's science ignores the spirit or that which it cannot understand. It tries to explain away the spirit or life force as something that exists because the physical body exists. It's only living because the body is made up of cells that are living. Everything can be explained with the physical body and brain. This is the weakness and folly of science today. It does not recognize the spirit and only acknowledges the body and material world. They cannot explain God and why he created us nor adequately explain why we are here?