THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES

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THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES GEN. 1:27 [By Ron Halbrook]

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES Introduction 1. Gen. 1:27 God created us in His image: He has a special purpose for our lives! 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES Introduction 2. God revealed the purpose of our lives: He created us to be His companions & friends He gives us all blessings including marriage He made a plan to forgive our sins & receive us in heaven

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES I. God Created Us to be His Companions & Friends A. He Created Man in His Image for a Purpose Gen. 1:1-5 Created universe, & created light

Good, But Not in God’s Image Gen. 1:1-5 Created universe, & created light 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Good, But Not in God’s Image

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES I. God Created Us to be His Companions & Friends A. He Created Man in His Image for a Purpose Gen. 1:6-8 Created the sky

Good, But Not in God’s Image Gen. 1:6-8 Created the sky 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. Good, But Not in God’s Image

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES I. God Created Us to be His Companions & Friends A. He Created Man in His Image for a Purpose Gen. 1:9-13 Separated dry land from sea & made plant life

Good, But Not in God’s Image 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. Gen. 1:9-13 Separated dry land from sea & made plant life Good, But Not in God’s Image

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES I. God Created Us to be His Companions & Friends A. He Created Man in His Image for a Purpose Gen. 1:14-19 Made sun, moon, planets, stars

Gen. 1:14-19 Made sun, moon, planets, stars 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Good, But Not in God’s Image Gen. 1:14-19 Made sun, moon, planets, stars 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Good, But Not in God’s Image

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES I. God Created Us to be His Companions & Friends A. He Created Man in His Image for a Purpose Gen. 1:20-23 Made fish & fowl

Good, But Not in God’s Image Gen. 1:20-23 Made fish & fowl 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Good, But Not in God’s Image

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES I. God Created Us to be His Companions & Friends A. He Created Man in His Image for a Purpose Gen. 1:24-27 Made land animals, then man in His image!

Good, But Not in God’s Image Gen. 1:24-27 Made land animals, then man in His image! 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Good, But Not in God’s Image

God Created Man in His Own Image!!! Gen. 1:24-27 Made land animals, then man in His image! 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES I. God Created Us to be His Companions & Friends B. In the Image of God: Similar in Ways Allowing Us to be His Companions God is a spirit, man is a spirit Both have intelligence Both have moral capacity Both have volition

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES I. God Created Us to be His Companions & Friends B. In the Image of God: Similar in Ways Allowing Us to be His Companions Eccl. 1:1-3; 12:13 Solomon found the purpose of his life in God

Find, Fear, Obey God: This Is the Whole of Man Eccl. 1:1-3; 12:13 Solomon found the purpose of his life in God Find, Fear, Obey God: This Is the Whole of Man 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES II. God Gives Us All Blessings Including Marriage A. He Made Plants & Animals for Our Use Gen. 1:26 Plants & animals serve our needs 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES Trees: delicious food II. God Gives Us All Blessings Including Marriage B. He Supplied All Man’s Needs in the Garden Gen. 2:8-9 Three kinds of trees Tree: perpetuate life 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Tree: choose good or evil

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES II. God Gives Us All Blessings Including Marriage B. He Supplied All Man’s Needs in the Garden Gen. 2:16-17 Created man to live, warned sin brings death 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES II. God Gives Us All Blessings Including Marriage C. God Gave the Gift of Marriage Gen. 2:18-25 Joined Adam & Eve in marriage

Gen. 2:18-25 Joined Adam & Eve in marriage 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Gen. 2:18-25 Joined Adam & Eve in marriage 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES II. God Gives Us All Blessings Including Marriage C. God Gave the Gift of Marriage 1 man & 1 woman: marriage companions for life Heb. 13:4 Includes gift of sexual companionship 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES II. God Gives Us All Blessings Including Marriage C. God Gave the Gift of Marriage Col. 3:18-21 Structured family to bless all

Col. 3:18-21 Structured family to bless all 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES II. God Gives Us All Blessings Including Marriage C. God Gave the Gift of Marriage Violations of God’s plan destroy His blessings Fornication: sex without marriage Polygamy: multiple marriage mates Adultery: married people having sex outside their marriage Homosexuality: same sex partners

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES II. God Gives Us All Blessings Including Marriage C. God Gave the Gift of Marriage Violations of God’s plan destroy His blessings Divorce: repudiating & leaving a mate Abortion on demand: kill baby in womb to avoid loving & nurturing him/her Conceiving babies without marriage Verbal, physical, & sexual abuse in family

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven A. Satan Lies to Lead Men to Disobey God Gen. 3:4-6 Lied: presented sin as a blessing

Gen. 3:4-6 Lied: presented sin as a blessing 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES Vv. 22-24 Banished From Garden & Tree of Life! THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven A. Satan Lies to Lead Men to Disobey God Gen. 3:8 Fellowship with God destroyed 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES SIN AGAINST GOD: Insult! Attack! Rebellion! THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven A. Satan Lies to Lead Men to Disobey God Rom. 3:23 Sin destroys our fellowship with God 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven B. God Promised a Savior to Redeem Us Gen. 12:1-3 From Abram’s family in Canaan

Gen. 12:1-3 From Abram’s family in Canaan 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven B. God Promised a Savior to Redeem Us Isa. 53:4-6 Die as a sacrifice for our sins

Isa. 53:4-6 Die as a sacrifice for our sins 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven B. God Promised a Savior to Redeem Us Jn. 3:16 Jesus Christ, the Savior! 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven C. Jesus Christ Offers Salvation to All Men Mk. 16:15-16 Receive it by obedient faith NOT: Baptized=Saved + Believe NOT: Believe=Saved + Baptized 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven C. Jesus Christ Offers Salvation to All Men Matt. 28:18-20 All things necessary

Matt. 28:18-20 All things necessary 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven C. Jesus Christ Offers Salvation to All Men Acts 2:41, 47 Add us to his church 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. ++++++++++ ++++++++++ ++++++++++ 47 …And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven C. Jesus Christ Offers Salvation to All Men Rom. 16:16 The saved worship in his church, not churches formed on doctrines of men 16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven D. Christ Teaches Us a New Life as God’s Friends Gal. 5:19-23 Replace sin with fruit of the Spirit

Gal. 5:19-23 Replace sin with fruit of the Spirit 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven E. In Heaven We Are God’s Friends Forever! Rev. 21:1-4 Blessed as His special people

Rev. 21:1-4 Blessed as His special people 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES III. God Made a Plan to Forgive Our Sins & Receive Us in Heaven E. In Heaven We Are God’s Friends Forever! Rev. 22:1-2 Tree of life: love God forever

Rev. 22:1-2 Tree of life: love God forever 1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES Invitation 1. Gen. 1:27 God created us in His image: He has a special purpose for our lives! 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES Invitation 2. God revealed the purpose of our lives: He created us to be His companions & friends He gives us all blessings including marriage He made a plan to forgive our sins & receive us in heaven

THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES Invitation 3. We receive salvation by obedient faith in Christ Mk. 16:16 Believe + baptized = saved 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. NOT: Baptized=Saved + Believe NOT: Believe=Saved + Baptized