Near the close of the chapter Warren states that we can discover God’s meaning and purpose only when we make Him the reference point of our lives. The next verse goes on to say that, “ In love He predestined us to adoption” but that speaks of our election and justification, not our creation. In attempting to prove his assumption that God created us to love us he quotes The Message’s paraphrase of Ephesians 1:4 which reads, “ Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love.” Compare to the NASB which reads, “ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.” That verse clearly does not prove that God’s motive for creating us was His love. I am concerned by a couple of the passages. He uses 5 different translations and paraphrases. In this chapter Warren quotes the Bible 9 times. His prime purpose was His own glorification. It is true that He created us out of love and with the intention of loving us, but that was not His primary purpose. “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” God created us so that we could bring glory to Him. I use this because it nicely summarizes several passages of the Bible (Psalm 86, Isaiah 60:21, Romans 11:36, I Corinthians 6:20, 31, etc). I believe it is more Scriptural to say that God created me so I could love Him! Yesterday I quoted question and answer one of the Shorter Catechism and would like to turn to that again. I find myself quite uncomfortable with this teaching.
God, Warren says, being the perfect example of love, and indeed the very essence of love, created me to love me.
Warren goes on to teach that all that God has done He has done out of love. May be incomplete or contain other coding.Sponsor Show Your Support Become a Patron Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2002011471 Table of contents for The purpose-driven life : what on earth am I here for? / Rick Warren.īibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog
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