How great, you ve found God and started to follow Jesus! How great! We must celebrate!
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1 How great, you ve found God and started to follow Jesus! How great! We must celebrate! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life s gone; a new life has begun! The Bible 2 Corinthians 5.17 (Helpful Hint: look up verse in your Bible, and underline it or highlight it) When you become a Christian, you become a new person. You re born into a new life. It means a brand new start! But it s puzzling too. How can God enter my life and make me a new person? We want to help you solve the puzzle! How? By starting at the beginning: how we become a Christian. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN? The most basic question we ask is, What s life all about? What s the meaning of life? Some people answer it this way: Life s all about acquiring more and more things. (can you think of an example?) becoming a VIP (very important person) seeking pleasure. (what kind of pleasures? (your answer)
2 exercising power over others (can you think of something else?) No, this isn t what life s about! If we pursue these ways, we ll waste our life. Ruin it. How? Here s a simple exercise about purpose. What s the purpose of these objects?! A cup is made to (your answer)! A pen is made to (your answer) Easy, right! A cup s made to hold liquids. A pen s made to write. If we use a cup and a pen for their proper purpose, they re very helpful. But if we use them for the wrong purpose, we can ruin them. Could we use a cup as a hammer, a pen as a nail? Sure! But if we did, they d break. Whose fault would it be? Not the manufacturer s. No! It d be our fault! When God made us, he had a purpose in mind. Any idea what that was? God made men and women, boys and girls for (your answer) How would we find out God s purpose? With a cup or a pen, we d ask the manufacturer. We must do the same with God. Ask him, God, why did you make human beings?
3 What s my purpose, God? God s already answered that question: So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. The Bible, 1 Corinthians Our primary purpose as a human being is to glorify God. A famous training book for new Christians expressed our purpose this way: Question: What is the chief end of man? Answer: Man s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. (Westminster Shorter Catechism of 1648) Hmmm! What does glorify God mean? (your answer) Here s one way to respond: to glorify God is to give God the highest honor, the first place in our lives. love him supremely and obey him as the Lord (Boss). Why must we do this? because He s our Creator. He made us. He deserves our gratitude. He knows our purpose. He ll show us if we respect and honor him. He has a dream for each of us, if we give him first place in our lives. What would you say and do to really honor someone? (your answer) You might say, I appreciate you! I enjoy being with you! I really admire you! You might bring them gifts, offer to help them, ask if you could serve them.
4 You d want to hang around them, imitate them. That s how to treat God! We should love and honor him, treat him with the highest respect. But how do people actually treat God? Sadly, not like that. We find another purpose or substitute another dream to live for. As a result, we waste and ruin our lives. God has a name for these substitutes. Idols. Idols are God- replacements, something or someone we substitute for God. Idol: a Godreplacement. Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. The Bible, 1 John 5.21 We give these idols honor and respect. We fixate on them instead focusing on God. We miss our purpose, to glorify God in all we do or say. Some idols people put into their lives are (your answer) It s offensive to God, these God- substitutes. It shows we don t respect him, don t depend on him. The only life- purpose that lasts forever is God s purpose. We get to glorify God, our Creator and live for Him forever! No other purpose lasts. Imagine being an architect, our purpose in life building a great project. It would be completed at some point, then we d have no more purpose. If it s raising a family, at some point they re raised. Same with a career at some point we re retired. We ll help you learn how to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. If we find our purpose and put passion into it, we ll have a fruitful life. If we don t, we ll end up empty, frustrated. A wasted life!
5 How do we come to glorify God? Next study, we ll discover how. Let s review: When we become a Christian, God starts all over again with us we re a brand- new person! Our purpose in life is now to glorify God and enjoy him. Forever! (Helpful Hint: write this on a card and carry it with you this week) Next Session: How we become God s friend.
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