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Brother Bob Pellien: Do you ever think about what your purpose in life is? Or why did God create us? What is God's plan for us? Well, with the help of the Bible, we'll find out what God's plan is for us all. You're listening to the podcast version of God's Message Magazine, and today's topic is “God's Plan In Creating Man.”
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It is a widely acknowledged religious belief that God created all men. But some people, the atheists and the agnostics so called deny and doubt respectively, that God created them. Despite this negative attitude towards the Creator, the truth remains, God created mankind. Unfortunately, a lot of people are not aware of God's plan in creating man and not even interested to know about it. So what is God's purpose in creating man? Ephesians 1:4 states:
Even as [in his love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before him in love.
[Ephesians 1:4 New King James Version]
Brother Bob: According to Apostle Paul, God has chosen man, even before the foundation of the world to be holy, and without blame before Him in love. Why does God expect love from mankind? Because he had already created one who was perfect, the anointed cherub, who lifted up his heart or exalted himself by wanting to be God, and covet God's place and power, instead of being dependent on him. That's in Ezekiel 28: 14-17. Isiah also records in chapter 14 verses 13 and 14. What then did God do so that man would depend on Him for His love to be manifested? Matthew 26:41 states:
Stay awake and pray that you won't be tested. You want to do what is right, but you are weak.
{Matthew 26:41 Contemporary English Version]
Brother Bob: God made men weak. What then became a man as a result of his being weak?
For God has made all men prisoners of disobedience, so as to have mercy upon them all.
{Romans 11:32 Goodspeed Translation}
Brother Bob: All people have disobeyed God, and that's why he treats them as prisoners. But he does this so that he can have mercy on all of them. That's Romans 11:32 CEV rendition of the Holy Scriptures. The proof that all men, except for our Lord Jesus Christ became prisoners of disobedience is that all men sinned. I Peter 2:21 and 22. What punishment would be, will be meted out to whoever commits sin, because of his weak nature? Romans 6:23 states, thus:
For the wages of sin is death.
[Romans 6:23 ASV]
Brother Bob: The death awaits those who commit sin. Is it only the cessation of our breath, which will complete God's punishment? Revelation 20:14 gives us the answer I “Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” The second death in the lake of fire is the fullness of God's punishment. Therefore, man by himself is hopeless, and helpless. What did God do? Because men were created weak and are prone to commit sin, and consequently suffer eternal damnation in the lake of fire. Romans 5: 8-9 states:
But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinner...
