Sermon: Purpose ("It's About Presents" series)

God gives us purpose by design. We are to honor and worship God as a way of magnifying His glory. We were created in God's image and the angels are said to look upon us in awe. Displaying God is built into our literal and metaphorical DNA! When you look at how God uses His chosen people, it is explicitly to contrast His glory with the compromised, inglorious creations of man. The painting created through God's Chosen People (Israel and Judah) is one of a people sanctified by God, blessed and protected by God, who ultimately couldn't keep themselves aligned to what God called them to do. It would be easy to look at this and suggest that God's glory had failed, but this was only the set-up for something beautiful: the coming of Christ. Christ's coming, ministry, sacrifice, and eternal victory over death is the ultimate opportunity for us to enjoy this gift of purpose. Because now we are purposeful, not because of WHO WE ARE, but because of WHO GOD MAKES US.