If God knows everything, why did He make us?
Answer:
The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. It is for this purpose that we were created. God made man in His image (Gen 1:26-27) to reflect His glory through the expression of His attributes. “If God had not created the world, there would have been no Paul to do the preaching, no church by which the revelation could be made, and no heavenly powers on which to impress the idea of God’s wisdom”.
At the same time, if there were no fall, there would be no expression of God’s glory through the expression of His justice and righteousness. If there was no redemption of sinners, there would be no expression of the mercy and grace of God. There would not be a redeemed bride for the Father to present to His Son, and there would be no marriage supper of the lamb (Rev 19:9) — which is a glorious celebration of the union of Christ with His people. Hence, the fall of man and the existence of evil, serve to display God’s attributes to His creation and in so doing, God receives all the glory and honour.
“The purpose then, of creation will be, not the production of God’s eternal excellence, but the display of His greatness to principalities, to powers and to mere human beings.”
In conclusion, it is because God is omniscient that He chose to create mankind; knowing from the beginning that all His purposes will be accomplished – for His pleasure and glory, and to display His excellence.
“If God’s excellence contains power, then God raised up Pharaoh for the purpose of displaying His power, not precisely to him, but through Him, so that God’s name might be declared throughout all the Earth, as is explicitly stated both in Exodus 9:16 and in Romans 9:17. The manifold subsidiary purposes are all summed up and comprehended in a single ultimate purpose, the glory of God. It is the revelation of God’s excellence, the relevation of God Himself. He created the world in order to display His sovereign majesty. He is Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the final and ultimate end.”
God creates man so that God will be glorified.
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