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micah6v8 · 11-02-2015, 08:51 AM

Hi Unregistered

This is in response to the question you posed above:- What would one “call the grand purpose of man? What was in God's heart and mind in His creation of human beings?”

My response would be, to quote the theologian John Piper, “For the glory of God”. As he puts it,

“When the first chapter of the Bible says, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27), what is the point? The point of an image is to image. Images are erected to display the original. Point to the original. Glorify the original. God made humans in his image so that the world would be filled with reflectors of God. Images of God.”

Everything that took place from Genesis, in one way or another, displays the glory of God. Even (or should I say "Especially") when we see man’s fall into sin, we learn that God is merciful and longsuffering. Ultimately, we see God's love in dying for us on the Cross.

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micah6v8 Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 90	Re: Double Standards Hi Unregistered This is in response to the question you posed above:- What would one “call the grand purpose of man? What was in God's heart and mind in His creation of human beings?” My response would be, to quote the theologian John Piper, “For the glory of God”. As he puts it, “When the first chapter of the Bible says, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27), what is the point? The point of an image is to image. Images are erected to display the original. Point to the original. Glorify the original. God made humans in his image so that the world would be filled with reflectors of God. Images of God.” Everything that took place from Genesis, in one way or another, displays the glory of God. Even (or should I say "Especially") when we see man’s fall into sin, we learn that God is merciful and longsuffering. Ultimately, we see God's love in dying for us on the Cross.