The
Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
notes by Pat Krabacher
Purpose 2/Week 3: You were formed for God’s family (fellowship)
15. Formed for God’s family
A. God is the one
who made all things, and all things are for His glory.
He wanted to have
many children share His glory.
Heb 2:10 (NCV)
See how very much
our heavenly Father loves you, for He
allows us to be
called His children, and we really are!
1 John 3:1 (NLT)
B. The entire Bible
is the story of God building a family who will
love Him, honor
Him, and reign with Him forever.
It says,
“His unchanging
plan has always been to adopt us into His
own family by bringing
us to Himself through Jesus Christ.
And this gave Him
great pleasure.
Because God is love,
He treasures relationships.
His very nature
is relational, and he identifies Himself in family terms:
Father, Son, and
Spirit.
When we place our
faith in Christ, God becomes our Father,
we become His children,
other believers become our brothers and sisters,
and the church becomes
our spiritual family.
Baptism is not an
optional ritual to be delayed or postponed.
It signifies your
inclusion in God’s family.
It publicly announces
to the world:
"I am not ashamed
to be a part of God’s family.”
(paraphrase) Baptism
symbolizes God‘s second purpose for your life:
participating in
the fellowship of God‘s eternal family.
C. Point to Ponder:
I was formed for
God‘s family.
Verse to remember:
His unchanging plan
has always been to adopt us into His own family
by bringing us to
Himself through Jesus Christ.
Eph 1:5 (NLT)
Question to Consider:
How can I start
treating other believers like members of my own family?
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