Sproul: The End and Purpose of the World

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[fastfredy0]

God’s purpose and man’s purpose are one and the same: to glorify God and enjoy him forever; as he is the cause of all, so he is the end of all.

 

[makesends]

Great video.

He made us for himself. Not only those to whom he gave mercy, but the whole of creation, is for HIM.

 

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Great video.

He made us for himself. Not only those to whom he gave mercy, but the whole of creation, is for HIM.

I grasp "for him"---at least I think I do though we don't know what we don't know. There are no doubt hidden depths there I have not plumed as he is so multifaceted.

And I understand the concept as Sproul described it of "fills all things". But I cannot grasp it as to practical application. I do not even know how to say what I mean by that. It seems like it should affect me in some profound knee buckling way. It is as though there is something about Jesus I do not yet get. And I think it goes back to the mystery of the Trinity. So maybe ungraspable with my finite mind. I know the three "persons" of the Trinity are one God but distinct but my mind, in prayer, speaks with them individually. I don't know how to merge (mental picture) Jesus and the Father. I either commune with the Father or Jesus or the Holy Spirit.

Maybe this will express my inability to grasp "fills all things". What does it matter, or how should it matter, that Christ fills my dining room table?

 

[makesends]

I grasp "for him"---at least I think I do though we don't know what we don't know. There are no doubt hidden depths there I have not plumed as he is so multifaceted.

And I understand the concept as Sproul described it of "fills all things". But I cannot grasp it as to practical application. I do not even know how to say what I mean by that. It seems like it should affect me in some profound knee buckling way. It is as though there is something about Jesus I do not yet get. And I think it goes back to the mystery of the Trinity. So maybe ungraspable with my finite mind. I know the three "persons" of the Trinity are one God but distinct but my mind, in prayer, speaks with them individually. I don't know how to merge (mental picture) Jesus and the Father. I either commune with the Father or Jesus or the Holy Spirit.

Maybe this will express my inability to grasp "fills all things". What does it matter, or how should it matter, that Christ fills my dining room table?

I automatically (and not sure why I do) cross-reference this with Heb 2:8, (we don't yet see everything as subjected to him), and Col 3:18-20 (restore all things unto him); maybe even 2 Cor 5:18-20 and Eph 2:16 (which to me may be speaking of the same thing—does "all" mean "all" here, as universalism might mathematically take it, or maybe there is some hint that whatever God does not reconcile to him is by definition mathematically, nothing. I.e. the reprobate "are as nothing before him" —Isaiah 40:17. My mathematical pattern-seeking mind loves this. —For us to live is Christ. I suspect that whatever the truth is about this has everything to do with 'reality' being rolled back as a scroll and mountains being moved from their place —Rev 6:14— as though God is picking and choosing what is to remain real, and maybe even choosing what is to become real, paralleling our glorification.