tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544681.post5076801038069698027..comments2023-04-28T08:18:22.750-07:00Comments on watch me reOrient: Fallen Condition FocusJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06417255239411764360noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544681.post-64619289902125299902008-01-05T18:28:00.000-08:002008-01-05T18:28:00.000-08:00"i think that even our thinking about God needing ..."i think that even our thinking about God needing to have a purpose is kinda funny. I've never thought about it, but why does God need a purpose for being?"<BR/><BR/>total agreement. sorry for making you hate your first line-- i like the rest of the paper!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817366385065447391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544681.post-73080755087253122832008-01-03T10:05:00.000-08:002008-01-03T10:05:00.000-08:00good stuff...i think that even our thinking about ...good stuff...i think that even our thinking about God needing to have a purpose is kinda funny. I've never thought about it, but why does God need a purpose for being?<BR/><BR/>Awesome. And I now hate my opening sentence. It should read "The purpose of God's relationship with man is to glorify Himself, mainly through His redemptive giving of life to mankind."Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06417255239411764360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544681.post-9278575797728939132008-01-02T16:40:00.000-08:002008-01-02T16:40:00.000-08:00My (admittedly fallen) thinking was that God's pur...My (admittedly fallen) thinking was that God's purpose in existence is something that explains itself, without creation. "I am that I am." <BR/><BR/>If God's purpose in existence begins in redemption of creation, than...I don't know where we go from there. <BR/><BR/>God's purpose in being, is "to be." Does that make sense?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817366385065447391noreply@blogger.com