Today, we will discuss a particular topic from the Bible, which is why we are created. In another way, we can say why God created us. If we understand this well, we can follow the path of righteousness and honor God.
Often, we do not understand why we are in this world and where we are going. We live the wrong way because we do not understand these things that harm us. We can learn from the Bible that God did not create us purposelessly. He created us in one of His special plans. God created us to serve and glorify Him. Another purpose of our lives is to know God the Creator better and to love others.
If we just work hard and eat and stay away from God, our lives will be meaningless. This is God’s plan for us to walk in the way of salvation and enter into eternal life by accepting Jesus. Only when we come to Jesus will we understand the true meaning of life, and the truth will set us free.
God created us to help the weak and to preach the good news to those who are without God. Our purpose in life is to glorify God, our Creator, who created this beautiful heaven and earth for us. If we think a little, we will understand how beautifully He created us. He has made us in His image so that we may praise Him and honor Him.
So we will never be unhappy with our lives, but will always praise God who is our spiritual Father. Let us see the Bible scriptures below that talk about ‘Why We Were Created’.
What Does the Bible Say About Our Purpose in Creation?
“God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, over the cattle, over all the earth, over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth”
— Genesis 1:26
“Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him”
— Isaiah 43:7
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man”
— Ecclesiastes 12:13
“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, that are in earth, visible invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, for him”
— Colossians 1:16
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them”
— Ephesians 2:10
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; that my soul knoweth right well”
— Psalm 139:14
“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory honour power: for thou hast created all things, for thy pleasure they are were created”
— Revelation 4:11
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with thy God?”
— Micah 6:8
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light”
— 1 Peter 2:9
How Does God’s Plan for Humanity Relate to Our Creation?
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, not of evil, to give you an expected end”
— Jeremiah 29:11
“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”
— Romans 8:28
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will to do of his good pleasure”
— Philippians 2:13
“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps”
— Proverbs 16:9
“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will”
— Ephesians 1:11
“Who will have all men to be saved, to come unto the knowledge of the truth”
— 1 Timothy 2:4
“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works”
— Titus 2:14
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”
— 2 Peter 3:9
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him”
— 1 Corinthians 2:9
“Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever ever. Amen”
— Hebrews 13:21
Biblical Passages on Human Beings as God’s Image-Bearers
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male female created he them”
— Genesis 1:27
“Have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him”
— Colossians 3:10
“That ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness true holiness”
— Ephesians 4:24
“For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man”
— 1 Corinthians 11:7
“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God”
— James 3:9
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord”
— 2 Corinthians 3:18
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren”
— Romans 8:29
“For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, hast crowned him with glory honour”
— Psalm 8:5
“Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man”
— Genesis 9:6
Understanding Our Divine Calling Through Scripture
“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called”
— Ephesians 4:1
“Who hath saved us, called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began”
— 2 Timothy 1:9
“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God”
— 1 Peter 4:10
“For as we have many members in one body, all members have not the same officeSo we, being many, are one body in Christ, every one members one of another”
— Romans 12:4-5
“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal”
— 1 Corinthians 12:7
“Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, of the Holy Ghost”
— Matthew 28:19
“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called”
— 1 Corinthians 1:26
“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another”
— Galatians 5:13
“Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, not unto men”
— Colossians 3:23
“That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom glory”
— 1 Thessalonians 2:12