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5but that he loved us and sent His own Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.\whole motivation behind the crucifixion.Now folks, if you miss that, you really miss the core reason for living. I'm amazed at how many people who miss that tend to think that God doesn't like them and that God put them here to run through a maze to see how he could trip them up. NO! Rid yourself of the kind of thinking that says God does not love you. Otherwise, you'll never discover your purpose in life. God loves you more than anything or anyone else possibly could.2. To manage his Creation.He set that purpose forth in the Garden of Eden. %u201cSoGod created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, \fish of the sea and the birds of theair and over every living creature that moves on the ground.%u201d (Genesis 1:27-28)People, this is the concept of stewardship. Our God owns everything that is and we are put here as stewards. In other words, we're put here as managers. It's like the fellow at the big grocery store. He doesn't own all of the stock on the shelf, but he's responsible for it. He was put there by the owner of that store to be in charge of it. God made humans to prudently manage the whole earth, then and now. That's part of why we're here. 3.To do good things.He made us to do good things. Ephesians 2:10 makes that perfectly clear, \workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.\to do, and you'll even have the opportunity to analyze your own life and to prioritize the good works that God really wants you to do within the context of your own existence because all of us have different existences. We live different lives.4.To enjoy life.John 8, Jesus tells us the devil is a liar; in fact, he is the father of all lies. Surely, the biggest lie that Satan has ever gotten humanity to buy into is that our God wants us to be miserable. In the Garden of Eden, Satan essentially told Eve as she was looking at that fruit, \, God doesn't want you to have any fun. God doesn't want you to really enjoy life.\been destroying us by the millions with that old lie ever since.Jesus said \our theme verse for this whole series. \the full.\