By His grace are we saved!!!! Today I found an insert from the quotes of Spurgeon. It was wrote by a lady name Karen. It was special to me because it resinates with my spirit. Our very purpose in life is to bring honor and glory to God. He allows us the freedom of choices. With that being said our way of living out our lives should be lived out with a question......What is the wise thing to do?..... In light of our past and present circumstances and in light of our future goals and dreams.
If we are honest with ourselves we are pretty selfish people. Me being the chief. We think about our self pleasures a lot. Needs, problem, satisfaction, fulfillment, has become the main focus of not just the world but even in churches today. Its not about us......Its all about Him. We were created with purpose. We have a destiny. I believe that the ultimate goal in life should be to always seek, serve and bring honor and glory to God.
“That grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.”
(2 Corinthians 4:15)
Many people think the main reason God saves people is so that He can keep them out of hell, or so that they can experience His love or lead happy lives. But all those reasons are secondary.
God saves people because it is an affront to His holy name that someone should live in rebellion against Him. That people experience salvation is not the main issue with God – it is His glory that is at stake.
The apostle Paul said of Jesus, “God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Phil 2:9-11). Salvation is for God’s glory.
God is glorified when people believe His gospel, love His Son, and accept His diagnosis of their greatest need, which is forgiveness of sin. You certainly benefit from God’s provision of salvation, but you exist for the glory of God.
If we are honest with ourselves we are pretty selfish people. Me being the chief. We think about our self pleasures a lot. Needs, problem, satisfaction, fulfillment, has become the main focus of not just the world but even in churches today. Its not about us......Its all about Him. We were created with purpose. We have a destiny. I believe that the ultimate goal in life should be to always seek, serve and bring honor and glory to God.
“That grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.”
(2 Corinthians 4:15)
Many people think the main reason God saves people is so that He can keep them out of hell, or so that they can experience His love or lead happy lives. But all those reasons are secondary.
God saves people because it is an affront to His holy name that someone should live in rebellion against Him. That people experience salvation is not the main issue with God – it is His glory that is at stake.
The apostle Paul said of Jesus, “God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Phil 2:9-11). Salvation is for God’s glory.
God is glorified when people believe His gospel, love His Son, and accept His diagnosis of their greatest need, which is forgiveness of sin. You certainly benefit from God’s provision of salvation, but you exist for the glory of God.
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