NASB ©: God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. His love for us was so great that he decided to use himself as the template for our existence (Genesis 1:26). The idea of human dignity, that we are created in the image of God (1:27), supports the theological basis for human equality and the fundamental principle of … For God is the One working in you both to will and to work according to His good pleasure. Sex is truly a wonderful gift from God. What if the car crashes and is written off because it is beyond repair? 8 However, God does reward and punish on the basis of good and bad behavior. What did He need to repent of? (1 Cor… And are created - That is, continue in being ever since they were created. All things are made by him, the heaven, earth, and sea; and all that are in them, angels, men, beasts, birds, fishes, and all creatures: and these are made for himself, and not another; not for the pure or good men, as Aben Ezra, though all things are for … Unauthorized production or sale of material is STRICTLY PROHIBITED! Genesis 1:27 King James Version (KJV). We do things at times because we delight in them and they brings us pleasure. We’ll send you a new verse every day to download or share. New King James Version for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Isaiah 43:7 - [Even] every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I … By the will of God— Not by any merit of my own. He created all things for His praise. A harder question to answer, perhaps, is … Verse 7 gives the answer: God created Israel for his glory. 11 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. (1 John 4:8; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7) 1 Cor 1:26-31, John 10:1-5, 11-16, and 24-30. A. Would you make JESUS your Lord and Saviour today, and choose to live for God’s good pleasure? Of all His wonderful creations we are his greatest achievement. The Word (God’s message in Christ) is near you, on your lips and in your heart; that is, the Word (the message, the basis and object) of faith which we preach, ( Log Out /  God is a creative Being, and it gives Him pleasure to create. Kenyon, EW. Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast CREATED ALL THINGS, and for thy PLEASURE they are and were created. Answer: The Bible makes it abundantly clear that God created man and that He created him for His glory. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; American King James Version ×). Suppose one buys a car for his/her own pleasure, was it bought with the intention to crash? As believers whatever situation we find ourselves, we must continually Praise and Honour Him. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. God made man to desire to take pleasure in woman as God desires to take pleasure in his people. NIV ©: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Explore. King James Bible For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Proverbs 16:4. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. Of course not! This is our main purpose for living. He also brings His people our way in person or by other means (sermons on tapes, podcasts, books, websites, forums, blogs, leaflets, tracks etc.) Excerpts about hell from the book “The Father and His Family” by E W Kenyon: Get beautiful Bible art delivered to your inbox. Book Of Genesis. 10 For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation. God Gives Us Pleasure. It was only because he wanted to create the Earth and the people on it that we even exist. ☺ Man goes to Hell on purely intellectual grounds; he can evade it if he wishes.” p82 “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” King James Version (KJV) And God saw that it was good. The culmination of God's creativity, after bringing out of nothing everything we see around us, was to make man (Genesis 1, 2). So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Before he even created humanity, God filled his creation with pleasure for us to enjoy. 11 The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed.” Romans 10:8-11 (AMP). But that is what we do when we live our lives solely for our own pleasure, without heeding the instructions our manufacturer has provided us with. He delights in those who seek Him. "- New American Standard Version (1995)Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.- American Standard Version (1901)It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.- Basic English BibleThou art worthy, O our Lord and [our] God, to receive glory and honour and power; for *thou* hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created.- Darby BibleThou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. This will is God’s predestinated purpose. Philippians 2:13, KJV "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." I can never express my gratitude for the humbling honor of standing before the magnificent magnanimous Creator to praise Him and express gratitude for His love which allows me and all true believers to enter His courts through the mighty blood of Jesus, the sacrificial lamb of God. "- Weymouth BibleWorthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!- World English Bibleand seiden, Thou, Lord `oure God, art worthi to take glorie, and onour, and vertu; for thou madist of nouyt alle thingis, and for thi wille tho weren, and ben maad of nouyt.- Wycliffe Bible`Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou -- Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created. He created the world to declare his glory (Psalm 19:1-4). The lake of Fire is the Federal Prison of Eternity; Hell is simply the County Jail.” p73. He made us and all things foe His pleasure. The Bible tells us that God created everything, including humanity, because it pleased Him to create for His glory (Romans 11:36; Revelation 4:11). Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. This means that it gave God pleasure and it brought Him glory to create man and woman. (Genesis 1:1 NKJV) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. His plan led to the creation of man. (1998) The Father and His Family pp73-82. For this epistle is not directed to the Ephesians only, but likewise to all the other churches of Asia. 3 . 7. Genesis 2:8-9. And through thy will they were - They began to be. For thy pleasure they are and were created. Isn’t God wicked? NO! The chorus in which they join ascribes all glory to God as his right as the Creator. Nehemiah 9:6. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Luke 10:21 NKJV) In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Romans 5:19    For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. We should be grateful for this fact and give God the worship and honor that He deserves. 4:11 Worthy art thou to receive - This he receives not only when he is thus praised, but also when he destroys his enemies and glorifies himself anew. God made us for his pleasure, not because he needed us. And God saw that it was good. - Webster's Biblesaying, "It is fitting, O our Lord and God, That we should ascribe unto Thee the glory and the honor and the power; For Thou didst create all things, And because it was Thy will they came into existence, and were created. We were created to continue his work of creation it a grate honor to be part of His pleasure.when we realize this we cannot stugle with Pride because before HIM we are nothing. God is a personal Being, and it gives Him pleasure to have other beings He can have a genuine relationship with. Revelation 4:11   Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast CREATED ALL THINGS, and for thy PLEASURE they are and were created. Genesis 9:6. For thy pleasure they are and were created. Likewise, the Bible commentaries indicate that the verse refers to God's judgment based upon people's sin. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Just as a car manufacturer makes provision for a manual in the car or tips about the model on websites and forums, our creator God has made His WORD available to us in the BIBLE, the manual of life. But the Bible also says this about God: “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart” (Genesis 6:6, King James Version). The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground — trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. You may ask, isn’t God mean to have made man for His own pleasure, when in His foreknowledge He knew man would sin and many will go to hell as a result? Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The chorus in which they join ascribes all glory to God as his right as the Creator. 64 Bible Verses about God, The Creator ‹ › Most Relevant Verses. God is not the author of evil. This brings us to why God made us in the first place: Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Rather than prohibit sexual pleasure, the Bible shows that it is a gift from God. He wants His creation to flourish and find abundant life in Him. God created everything through himself and for himself (Colossians 1:16). If God is perfect, meaning He has not sinned and never will sin, why did He repent? 8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and and wonderful, The LORD GOD made them all... Hymn Ancient and Modern Therefore, Our good LORD is worthy to receive glory and honor, power and praises from we his creatures . ( Log Out /  Before we ask just what it is for God to seek his own glory in this way, let’s see if this goal of God has motivated more than just the election of the nation Israel. Quotes. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. He delights in those who seek Him. Therefore, the ultimate purpose of man, according to the Bible, is simply to glorify God. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Inspirational Quotes. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The first passage is Genesis 1:26-27, which relates that God created mankind in our image and likeness. He made all these for our benefits should we use them the right way. King Solomon tried living for his own pleasure, yet at the end of his life he concluded that the only worthwhile life is one of honor and obedience to God (Ecclesiastes 12:13–14). Verse Concepts. “Man does not go to hell because of what he has done, but because of what he is. GOD MADE YOU TO GIVE HIMSELF A TREAT, THINK ABOUT THAT! Man in God’s image is one (“him”) and yet is plural (“male and female”). If we heed His instructions (a manufacturer knows his product after all), our lives would not be wrecked by others or ourselves and better still, we get to spend eternity with our Father God in heaven (what loving Father wants to live away from His children?). Saved by David Cole. "In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God" (Genesis 5:1 Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. Use of site content for personal or group Bible study is permitted, provided that content remains in unedited form, and full and clear credit is given to Lydia+ PneumaWord, with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. 10   That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: (Emphasis mine). The glory and the honour and the power - Answering the thrice - holy of the living creatures, verse 9. for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. 9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Ephesians 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to HIS GOOD PLEASURE which he hath purposed in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather … #Rev 4:9| For thou hast created all things - Creation is the ground of all the works of God: therefore, for this, as well as for his other works, will he be praised to all eternity. It is to the free, gracious and powerfully - working will of Him who cannot possibly need anything that all things owe their first existence. In Genesis 1 He says quite often that God saw and it was good after He created it. Week 5: The Pleasure of God in His Fame. We learned that God designed human beings to reflect His very character—to be like Him. "In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God" (Genesis 5:1 Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. There is no hope for using that car again. GOD IS NOT WICKED; GOD IS LOVE!! Thank you GOD Almighty. He formed and made man with the same intent (Isaiah 43:7). Being created for God’s pleasure does not mean humanity was made to entertain God or provide Him with amusement. THE GOSPELS IN A MONTH – THE PURPOSE OF JESUS. But does it crash? For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation. Would a sane car owner keep subjecting his/her car to conditions unsuitable for the car? Link panels (synchronize references) Go to table of contents Single column ... Sign up for the Verse of the Day. They’ve subjected themselves to conditions their creator God did not want them to, and are condemned to hell. Which best represents the problem with the comment? Bible Scripture Quotes. A. If there is a God, as I believe there is, and if he rules the world in his sovereignty, as the Bible says he does, and if he will bring human history to a close according to his plan and appoint to every person his eternal destiny, as Jesus taught that he will, then two of the most important questions for any human being to answer are these: For in these I delight,” says the LORD. They do not say that God created all things "for his pleasure", but that his will was the efficient cause. 28. “Then while it is [still] called Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion [in the desert, when the people provoked and irritated and embittered God against them].” Hebrews 3:15 (AMP), ”Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20, “  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13, 8 “But what does it say? "Because of thy will" (Revised Version). Praise God he is worthy to have all Praise Glory Honor and our mere human flesh cannot suffice the exactness of all that is rightly due Him. Since God created man in His image (Genesis 1:26–27), man’s purpose cannot be fulfilled apart from Him. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; American King James Version ×). Re 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power. And there we have it! Yes, when not subjected to optimal conditions it’s meant to operate in. What happens when a car crashes and the crash isn’t fatal, it gets fixed by either a mechanic or the manufacturer. Week 8: The Pleasure of God in the Praise of His People: Zeph 3:9-20, Psalm 147 Perhaps the grandest statement of His purpose can be found in Revelation 4:11, where we see heavenly beings gather in His praise, saying, "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." Just as all the attributes of man were made for God’s glory, so too all the attributes of woman were made for “the glory of the man” as I Corinthians 11:7 tells us. To the saints who are at Ephesus— And in all the adjacent places. Here are six things the Bible says about sex. Find this Pin and more on flowers by Theresa Butler. Indeed He is worthy of the praises, because Him alone He is God. God created man … Reference (and highly recommended for study): Quotes By Genres. The default sinful nature man acquires on entry into this world makes hell his default destination upon death (Romans 5:12), except a deliberate choice has been made for heaven whilst alive, of which JESUS CHRIST is the ONLY route there (John 14:6). I will join all He created to give Him praise. He finds no pleasure in it. Conclusion. First of all, hell was never made for man but for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41). New King James Version for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Change ). Re 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power. (Genesis 1:10 NKJV) And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. We are made for God’s own pleasure and until we come to the realise this truth, a whole lot of things about our lives would not make sense, as you have probably discovered by now. The Bible says that we were created in the image of God, so what are the top 11 Bible verses about being created in God’s image? Week 6: The Pleasure of God in Election. Week 7: The Pleasure of God in Bruising His Son: Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Romans 3:21-28. . And when all was finished and man and woman were created in his own image, it says, “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” I take this to mean that God was delighted with his work. We were created to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever and ever. to help our understanding of the contents of the manual of life, the BIBLE, which enables us put God as the centrepiece that holds our life together. '- Youngs Literal Bible. Genesis 2:8-9 God created man for his pleasure. 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