Lesson 25 Explore 3: What Is the Meaning of Life? | Bible Questions
The Bible’s answer
The question of the meaning of life may be asked in many ways, such as Why are we here? or Does my life have a purpose? The Bible shows that our purpose in life is to build a friendship with God. Consider some of these fundamental truths that the Bible reveals.
• God is our Creator. The Bible says: “It is [God] that has made us, and not we ourselves.”-
(Psalm 100.3: Know that Jehovah is God. He is the one who made us, and we belong to him. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.)
(Revelation 4.11: “You are worthy, Jehovah our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they came into existence and were created.”)
• God has a purpose for everything he creates, including us.-
(Isaiah 45.18: For this is what Jehovah says, The Creator of the heavens, the true God, The One who formed the earth, its Maker who firmly established it, Who did not create it simply for nothing, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am Jehovah, and there is no one else.)
• God created us with a “spiritual need,” which includes the desire to find meaning in life.
(Matthew 5.3: “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need, since the Kingdom of the heavens belongs to them.)
He wants us to satisfy that desire.-
(Psalm 145.16: You open your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.)
• We fill our spiritual need by building a friendship with God. Although the idea of being God’s friend might seem far-fetched to some, the Bible gives us this encouragement: “Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you.”-
(James 4.8: Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you indecisive ones.)
(James 2.23: and the scripture was fulfilled that says: “Abraham put faith in Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he came to be called Jehovah’s friend.)
• To become God’s friend, we must live in harmony with his purpose for us. The Bible states this purpose at
(Ecclesiastes 12.13: The conclusion of the matter, everything having been heard, is: Fear the true God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole obligation of man.)
: “Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that we were created for.”-Good News Translation.
• In the future, we can experience in full God’s original purpose for us when he eliminates suffering and grants everlasting life to his friends, those who worship him.-
(Psalm 37.10, 11: Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more; You will look at where they were, And they will not be there. But the meek will possess the earth, And they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.)
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