junxu's friend asked him this qn : why did God create man to glorify Him. Why is He such an egoistical God.
my reply:
God is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent. He is all powerful, all mighty. He does not need man to stroke his ego by worshiping Him. He created us to fellowship with us, to have a love relationship with us. It can be seen as how He put Adam in charge of the garden of eden, gave Adam the right to name all the animals. How he walked in the garden of Eden looking for Adam and Eve. James 2:23 Abraham was called God's friend. He created us for a love relationship with Him. He created us in His own image. Gen 5:1. That's why He sent his son to die on the cross for our sins. For God so loved the world! that he gave his son to die on the cross for our sins. John 3:16 Don't miss the point. Our God is a God of love, not a God of pride, or ego.
It is true that we were created to glorify God. But we glorify God when we walk in a loving, personal relationship with Him, when we know Him.
The question that asks why is God so egoistical to create us to worship Him, does not know that God is love. 1 Corinthians 13:5 It(love) is not rude, it is not self-seeking....
God did not create us to stroke His ego. He doesn't need that anyway. He created us for a loving relationship with us. God loves us!
Hope this helps though there is much more reading on this subject to be done. I'm sure the bible speaks volumes of why God created us, but i hope this suffice for now. Ultimately, i remembered what uncle Boon Cheang said. Even if God is so called 'bad', like He wants to bully us, barbeque us over the fire, burn us, make us suffer, what are we to do? He is still God, the creator of the universe. We would still have to worship Him, the creator of the universe, the one that holds the universe together. I guess we can choose not to worship Him la, be very bitter and angry. But at the end of the day, He is still the God who created you. So what can you do.. He is still the God of the universe, the one who holds everything together. We would still have to acknowledge that He is the one true God what. But aren't you glad our God is not like that. In fact, God is a good God who loves us, calls us His own, desires to fellowship with us. That is why ultimately when we go to heaven, we will fellowship with Him and worship Him forever.
Such is our God who gave us free will so that we choose to love Him and worship Him out of our own choice. He can jolly well created humans with no free will so that we will come before Him and bow down and worship Him, everyone. But when we choose to worship God out of our own free will, that is love. That is a love that God wants to give us, and what He desires from us. To love Him with all our heart, our mind, our strength..
