Why do I Exist!???

// November 20th, 2008 // My God

The question has been posed over and over again… in too many ways to count. “why am I here” “what is my purpose” “who am I”

The reason for our existence is an important question to answer, It governs how we look at the world. I would even venture to say that every single decision we make is governed by our understanding of why we are here. Sooo… Why are we here?
First we need to go back to the beginning….
God… 
John said “God is Love” this is very possibly a gross understatement but we get the point.
So what is love?  
Love by definition requires an “object” a “focal point” a “recipient”
Love by definition also requires that the “giver” expend themselves for the “recipient”
So if God is Love, Then it is easy to understand that he wanted a “recipient” to expend himself on, It is his nature to do so. 
So, God created us so that he could love us?  - makes sense
what else?
Absolutely nothing… I know.. it seems stupid. but hear me out.
Why do you have kids?.. so that they can do something for you? so that they can have more kids? so that you can punish them?  what is their purpose?
Children are a product of  Love,  and they are an object of love. They exist to be Loved!
Let’s apply this to the real world and see if it lines up with what the bible teaches.
  1. Love the Lord God with all your might.
  2. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus specifically stated that the entire spirit of what God wanted was all wrapped up in those two “commandments”  
Well what about “Sin” and “Spreading the Gospel” … all of those things.
We tend to objectify so much these days that we lose sight of what matters. Sin has never been the “issue” it is a symptom of free will – and the knowledge of good and evil.  
Every time that we sin, we are choosing to love ourselves, over either God or someone else,  The reason that God even gave the “Love Commandments” is to reveal his nature. He wants us to be like him because he loves us. Just as we hope that our children will be like us and do everything in our power to teach them.
So when we choose to love ourselves more than God or others, we get caught up and injure others. The consequences of our actions are then very visible leading us to repent from our selfishness and learning once again that Love is the only solution.
here are a few quick bullet points.
  • how does this apply to habitual sinners ?

What is the reason for habitual sin?    - a selfish person chooses to put themselves above God and continue to injure others.  If they allow God to love them and learn to love others then their habitual behavior will go away- Including addictions!

  • how does this apply to being a good christian?
well,  since being a christian is little more than choosing to allow God to  love us and accepting the gift of Jesus.  - you are pretty much done!
  • But what about doing good works

you are still missing it here… if you love people,  you take care of them!  what’s so hard to understand about that?

  • what about “Spreading the Gospel”  Don’t I have to “Do something”?

Well… again,  You fell in love, and you are not telling anybody about it? … I find that hard to beleive!

More on this soon!!!
Tags: addictions, beleive, christian, consequence, consequences, God, jesus, Kids, Love, purpose of existence, selfishness, sin, spirit, why am I here

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3 Responses to “Why do I Exist!???”

  1. Mulled Vine says:
    November 20, 2008 at 9:19 am

    You exist to blog. Anything else is subject matter.

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  2. Mulled Vine says:
    November 20, 2008 at 9:20 am

    I luuuuv your tag list widget. View->Source…

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  3. Alexander says:
    November 28, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    Very good! Simple…and if we keep it simple…God will reward! Now I am praying that He helps me keep it simple!

    Reply

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