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Jan 30, 2024 · We cannot be “doing good deeds” on earth if He takes us immediately to heaven. Jesus calls believers to be “ salt and light ” to a lost world needing to hear about the grace of God (Matthew 5:13–16). God wants us to reach others from our unique places in the world with the good news of the gospel (Matthew 28:18–20; Acts 1:8), and He ...
Sep 30, 2014 · God doesn't want robots. If He had created us in heaven, there would have been no temptation and no opportunity to not choose God. He wants our love, but he wants it to be voluntary on our part. Not forced. Brandon Clay said: God did not merely create people—he also had a plan for them and gave them something to do.
- By His Will
- For His Glory
- Knowing Most People Will Go to Hell
- Dissecting The Skeptic’s Accusation
- God Wants All People to Choose to Be Saved
- God Shows No Partiality
- Yes, But God Knew Some Would Choose Hell…
- Conclusion
- References
Revelation 4:11 declares: “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for you created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created” (emp. added). The “take home” message from this verse is that God freely chose to create and was not constrained by any outside force or by a need to fill any type of deficiency. Psalm 11...
The Bible also says that God created humans “for His glory.” The God of the Bible declared: “Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory, I have formed him, yes, I have made him” (Isaiah 43:7, emp. added). It is at this point that we must confess that the phrase “for His glory” opens the door to a great deal of speculation. ...
Once we establish the fact that God created humans by His will, to live completely happy lives as they receive and respond to His glory, the skeptic is quick to seize upon the fact that many people are not blissfully happy. In fact, a large number of people are unhappy. Not only that, demands the skeptic, but most people, according to the Bible, ar...
The skeptic’s accusation that God is evil because He created humans, even though He knew that most would go to hell, crumbles under closer scrutiny. First, the skeptic is quick to include the idea that “most” people are going to hell. This word “most” must be included in the accusation, because if more people go to heaven than go to hell, one could...
The Bible is clear that God allows all accountable humans to choose their own final destination. Throughout the Scriptures, we see God placing before humans the ability to determine their own destiny. Moses wrote: “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choo...
Another key concept to understandingGod’s dealings with humanity is His lack of partiality. The apostle Peter correctly stated: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him” (Acts 10:34-35). This verse testifies to the fact that the Bible presents God as a perfec...
Once the skeptic realizes that he cannot rationally conclude that God is unfair for allowing all people to choose their own destiny, he must insist that the mere fact God knew some people would choose hell should have kept God from creating those people. An adequate response to such a statement is simply, “Who says?” Is there anything about the ske...
There is no possible way for our finite human minds to understand all the reasons behind why God created humans. There is enough information about God and humans for us to reason properly that God is not immoral for having created humans. We can know that humans were created by an act of God’s free will to receive and respond to His glory. The skep...
Barker, Dan (2008), godless(Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press). Butt, Kyle (2003), “Do Babies Go to Hell When They Die?” https://apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=13&article=1201. Butt, Kyle (2009), “Is God Immoral for Killing Babies?” https://apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=11&article=260. Butt, Kyle (2010), A Christian’s Guide t...
May 11, 2024 · But God’s graciousness toward us did not start on Calvary. It is found all the way back in Genesis 1:1, where we see recorded that God created the heavens and the earth. Everything that God does for us, from creation to the end of eternity, is an act of grace on his part. Praise God for his indescribable grace (2 Cor. 9:14-15).
Jan 30, 2024 · The short answer to the question “why did God create us?” is “for His pleasure.”. Revelation 4:11 says, “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”. Colossians 1:16 reiterates the point: “All things were created by ...
Apr 28, 2021 · Why Did God Create Us - Purpose behind Creation. Genesis, the first book of the Bible, describes God’s decision to create people. And He already had work in mind for them to do in their new home, the Garden of Eden, and the rest of the world. “Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over ...
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Aug 22, 2013 · Much more could be said, but we must move on. Stemming from the fact that God made man in His image is a second purpose: 2. God created people to rule over creation. “Let them rule” (1:26) is the consequence of “Let Us make man in Our image.”. God gave the right of dominion over all living things to man.
