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Our highest purpose for living is to glorify God; this is the reason He created us. To glorify God means to love, enjoy, trust in, and obey Him.
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The Bible is foundational for this. In its passages we learn about the true God and the Lord Jesus, their nature and character.
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By means of the teaching, correction, reproof, training in righteousness it provides we become wise unto the way of salvation; we learn how God wants us to live by understanding the commands, rules, and guidelines He gives in His Word.
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As we grow in this process, the Holy Spirit works in us to reveal the truths in the Bible and illuminate our minds and hearts to understand and change/transform the attitude of our minds.
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We are to live exemplary lives, by means of the influence of the Bible, and instruct others by our example and by our teaching.
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Our over-riding purpose in so doing is to point others to Christ.
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We are to share this Gospel with which we have been entrusted with others every opportunity God lays before us.
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To persist and grow in all of this we need the power of God through the influence of the Holy Spirit. We need to be regularly in prayer, reading the Bible, attending church, and fellowshipping with other Christians.
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Our fallen nature and satan’s influence pull us in the direction of comfort, pleasure, and desiring all the things that God forbids and which are bad for us.
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The life of the Christian is one of daily repentance and a sincere effort to glorify and enjoy God, looking forward to being with Him forever and praising Him for all He has done for us by providing salvation and power to live a full satisfying life here on earth.
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Through the Bible, God speaks to us, just as He did ages ago through the prophets, through Christ’s teaching, and through the apostles’ teachings, all of which have been accurately set forth in the Bible under the inspiration and direction of God.