Why are we here?

I. Why are we here?

A. The Chief end of Man (Isaiah 43:7 “everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” Ephesians 1:4–6 “even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.” Colossians 1:16 “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

That asks the overarching philosophical question

II. Why are we here on Earth?

A. To have dominion over all the Earth Genesis 1:26–28 “Then 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 heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

The earth is ours and everything in it

God then placed the man in the Garden

III. Why are we here in Ravalli County?

This is the Garden that He has placed us.

Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

IV. Therefore Go and take Dominion