Man's Chief End

Introduction:

Question 1: What is the chief end of man?

Another way to phrase this question is, “What is man’s primary purpose?”

Everyone needs a purpose. We strive for a purpose.

Man’s Primary Purpose is to Glorify God...

All the Nations will Glorify God

Psalm 86:9 ESV

9 All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.

God’s Glory will Visit His People

Isaiah 60:1–3 ESV

1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. 3 And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Light has come - in the form of revelation

Darkness will come

those living in deep darkness have seen a great light

Isaiah 9:2 ESV

2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.

Jesus is the light (glory that will be seen by the people

John 1:4–5 ESV

4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:6–14 ESV

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

We were bought with a price to glorify God

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV

20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

God is worthy of receiving our glory

Revelation 4:11 ESV

11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

Man’s Primary Purpose is to Glorify God…and Enjoy Him Forever

Rejoice in the Lord

Philippians 4:4 ESV

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

The Main thing that makes heaven wonderful is that we are there to enjoy God

Revelation 21:3–4 ESV

3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”