Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

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Created for a Purpose!
Eccl. 12:13-14 Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God and keep His
commandments, For this is man's
all. For God will bring every work
into judgment, Including every
secret thing, Whether good or evil.

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●Eph. 2:10 “For we are
his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus
for good works, which
God prepared
beforehand, that we
should walk in them.”

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Have any of you ever sat down and
just wondered about the purpose of
everything around us?
●How that each & every bird, bug and animal has
its perfect function in this world perfectly designed
for us!
●Even some of the most annoying insects like the
mosquito has a purpose in the world we are in
and are needed!
–They suck our blood, carry diseases and yet
science has found that they are a vital part of
our ecosystem!

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I believe this world is perfect for its
purpose and that is to show us our
need for God!
●Ps. 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of
God; And the firmament shows His
handiwork.”
●Ps. 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God: I
will be exalted among the heathen, I will be
exalted in the earth.”
●So today we ask, what is our purpose, what
were we created for?

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I. Created From God!
● All that there is, all there ever was, all
that will ever be, only exist because of God!
– Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.
● Everything that God creates, He does so
for a purpose!
– It would indeed do each of us good to
consider “what is our purpose?”

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Man has always had a purpose!
●“Let them have dominion” (Gen. 1:26)
–Raw-daw = to rule, to prevail, to reign
●“Subdue it & have dominion” (Gen. 1:28)
–Kaw-bash, Raw-daw = to keep under, to bring
into subjection
●This purpose is pointed out many times and in
many ways, but it never changes!
–Gen. 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man
and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and
keep it.

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Created from God!
Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make
man in Our image, according to Our
likeness...”
●We are created from the beginning to be
different from the world we are in!
●God speaks all of creation into existence, but not
man, He is hands on with him!
–Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the
dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living being.

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II. Created For God!
●Not only created from God, but for God, He has plans
for us when He creates us!
●As we have already seen, when God creates man, He
did so with the intent that man would oversea His
creation!
●He also created man to have companionship with
him!
–Gen 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and
Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence
of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

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The unfortunate thing is that man did
not always do what He was created for!
(Gen. 3:1-19)
●God had given man commands and
purpose, but man chose to do what he
wanted rather than what God wanted!
●As soon as man chose to disobey God
and not fulfill his purpose, there was
trouble for him!
●We are given a divine conclusion to
man’s purpose in (Eccl. 12:13-14)

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III. Created Forever!
● This last point we want to make in this lesson
is “the conclusion of the conclusion” we started
with!
● Why is it so important that we understand our
purpose?
– One day we will have to answer for how we
have responded to God’s purpose for us, we
will give an account of our lives!
● What is so important is that the “result” will
last forever!

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God created man to live
forever!
●Everyone of us will exist forever in one of two
places, heaven or hell!(Mt. 25:31-46)
–After this life we will receive everlasting life
with God or everlasting punishment!
●When God created us He knew that we would
not always do what we were created for and that
is why He sent Jesus!
–Jesus is our escape goat and the bridge we
need to get back/home to Him!

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Conclusion:
●God always creates things for a purpose!
●Man was created with the purpose of
loving God and serving Him and this is
what truly completes us!
●Have you been fulfilling your God given
purpose? Have you been living for Him?
●If not, then today is the day to regain
your purpose, to get back on track with
Him!

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