Think On These Things » Creation http://www.thinkonthesethings.org Doing Colossians 3:2, Philippians 4:8, and 2 Timothy 2:7 outloud and online. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:24:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 God Did Not Make Us Because He Was Lonely http://www.thinkonthesethings.org/169/god-did-not-make-us-because-he-was-lonely-or-needy/ http://www.thinkonthesethings.org/169/god-did-not-make-us-because-he-was-lonely-or-needy/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:45:55 +0000 Chris http://www.thinkonthesethings.org/?p=169 If God needed man, the whole universe would be in chaos.  Instead of creatures bowing down to the Creator, we would seek our own glory, and ask Him to bow down to us.  This is exactly what happened to the devil:  When the Son of God came into the world, the Scriptures tell us that the devil showed Christ all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.  Then the devil said, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me” (Matthew 4:9). 

If Jesus had said yes to the devil, the devil would be ruling the universe, and all hell would break loose.  But thanks be to God that He does not need man or the heavenly creatures or the devil.  God is completely satisfied in Himself, and so much so, He not only creates us out of the abundance of His bounty and joy, but He also dies for sinners and shuns the devil’s temptations.

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