The Life of Purpose

Romans 1:20, “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” Yes, God does exist!  Paul in the above passage taught that everyone could find clear evidence that God exists simply by looking…

Psalms 89:8, “Who is like you, Lord God Almighty? You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.” God is the greatest of all conceivable beings- the uncaused cause who is timeless, spaceless, and immaterial.  He is one being with a spiritual substance that dwells in unapproachable light in another dimension called heaven.  He is…

John 10:27, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” God speaks to His people in roughly seven different ways.  First, with an audible voice that comes to the ears, Acts 9:4.  Second, God speaks to people by the Holy Spirit speaking to a person’s mind in the form of…

Genesis 1:27, “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” You are an image bearer of God.  The Bible teaches that God created us in “His own image,” in Latin we call this the, “imago dei.”  Though biblical scholars have taken…

Acts 17:26-27, “26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is…

Hebrews 9:27, “Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.” After your body dies your soul with be judged by God and consigned to hell or blessed with heaven.  Then after Jesus comes to earth and judges the world, hell will be thrown into the lake of fire for…

Genesis 2:17, “But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” God allows evil in the world because man freely chose to disobey Him in the Garden of Eden.  When man sinned he, (a) brought spiritual death to all…

Matthew 28:19, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” The word “trinity” is a term Christians made to describe the three divine persons of God’s nature.  Tertullian was the first church theologian to use the word trinity…

Mark 12:30-31, “30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. ’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. ’ There is no commandment greater than these.” God’s two greatest commands are to love Him with…

Matthew 6:33, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” God’s four main priorities for your life are, (1) Faith, (2) Family, (3) Function, and (4) Fellowship.  Jesus in the above passage was correcting the priorities of people in the world.  In other words,…