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What does the Bible say about why god created man?

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The Bible teaches that God created humanity for his own glory, to bear his image, enjoy fellowship with him, and serve as faithful stewards of his world. Genesis 1:26-28 says men and women were made in God’s image and commissioned to rule the earth under his authority. Isaiah 43:7 and 43:21 declare that God formed his people for his glory and praise. All things were created through and for Christ, according to Colossians 1:16 and Revelation 4:11. Though sin has marred our calling, God redeems his people in Christ, creating them anew for good works and to display his wisdom and grace, as Ephesians 2:10 and 3:9-10 teach.

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  • Isaiah 43:7

    everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.

  • Genesis 1:26

    God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

  • Isaiah 43:21

    the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

  • Genesis 1:27

    God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

  • Revelation 4:11

    "Worthy 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!"

  • Ephesians 3:9-10

    [9] and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ; [10] to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

  • Colossians 1:16

    For by him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

  • Titus 2:14

    who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

  • Genesis 1:28

    God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

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