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• Am I just a product of “random
selection?”
• Am I here, living and breathing, for a
reason?
• Is there a higher purpose for my life?
• Could it really be true that life is a gift
from a loving God who created me?
“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
“I have seen all the things that are done under the
sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after
the wind.”
“…I praised the dead who were already dead, More
than the living who are still alive. Yet, better than
both is he who has never existed…” (NKJV)
>> King Solomon—Ecclesiastes 1:2, 14; 4:2-3
The search for purpose and meaning has been
going on for thousands of years.
“Two factors in particular stand out in Aristotle’s
philosophy. One is his view that everything has
its own purpose that is part of a larger purpose.
His philosophy consists largely of trying to
figure out what these purposes are and how
they fit together.”
Jay Stevenson, The Complete Idiots Guide To Philosophy, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002,
Alpha Books, pg. 59
“When we ask if life has meaning, the
first question has to be, to whom? To a
witness with the whole of space and
time in its view, nothing on a human
scale will have meaning… The problem
with life is that it has too much
meaning”
Simon Blackburn, Being God, Oxford University Press, 2001, pgs. 79, 80
1. God has a purpose for every
life.
>> Psalm 57:2; 138:8; 2 Cor. 5:5
2. You will find your purpose for
existence when you
acknowledge your Creator.
>> Genesis 1:27,28
3. You will find your purpose for
existence in a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ.
>> John 10:10; Philippians 3:8
4. You will find your purpose for
existence when you passionately
follow, live, and breathe the
Great Commandment and the
Great Commission.
>> Matthew 22:36-39
“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All
authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me. 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, and teaching them
to obey everything I have commanded
you. And surely I am with you always, to
the very end of the age.’ ”
Matthew 28:18-20
5. You will find your purpose for
existence when your life is
spent worshiping and enjoying
God.
>> Revelation 4:11
The chief end of man is to glorify God
BY enjoying him forever. --John Piper
J.P. Moreland, Ph. D. said:
“God is the most generous, loving, wonderful,
attractive being in the cosmos. He has made us
with free will and he has made us for a purpose:
to relate lovingly to him and to others. We are
not accidents, we’re not modified monkeys,
we’re not random mistakes.”
Lee Strobel, The Case For Faith, Grand Rapids Michigan, Zondervan Publishing House,
2000, page 173
So what’s the point?
• Your life is a gift from God—a life full of divine,
cosmic purpose. Use it with passion.
• You exist to fulfill the will of God. Be sure you know
it. His will is not hidden. It is wonderfully revealed in
detail in the Bible.
• Until you know God through a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ life has no significant meaning.
• Many who know God have lost their purpose for
existence because they no longer seek God with all
their heart.
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