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Also note that it is man's CHIEF end or purpose, not his ONLY end or purpose. Enjoying what God has created is not our chief purpose, but is penultimate to glorifying and enjoying God himself, and flows from it by necessary consequence.
Yes, but only as an extension of enjoying him. To the extent that we enjoy his creation without reference to the creator is the same extent that we engage in idolatry by, "worshiping and serving the creature rather than the creator" (Romans 1:25).
That's the beautiful thing about the Reformed answer; it is thoroughly Biblical.
Glorify God:
"All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name." - Psalm 86:9
"For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen." - Romans 11:36
"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." - 1 Corinthians 10:31
"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." - Revelation 4:11
Enjoy him forever:
"You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." - Psalm 16:11
"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice." - Philippians 4:4
"And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.'” - Revelation 21:3 & 4
The Reformed Christian's answer to the question, "What is the purpose of life?":
Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
The Lord has called His people to worship on His day. Here is his call to worship from Psalm 98.
Psalm 98:1-9 ESV
[1] Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. [2] The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. [3] He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. [4] Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! [5] Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody! [6] With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord! [7] Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it! [8] Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together [9] before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
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God's Law commands us to neither steal from or lie to our neighbor.
Why, then, should God's people tolerate being forced to use a money that both lies and steals from all who use it, except those with the exclusive privilege of printing it for free?
This is why we #Bitcoin
Romans 3:10 ESV
As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one"
In short, yes.
Love this perspective on the problem of evil from the late R.C. Sproul.
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Us Protestants who remember our history are BIG fans of free speech!
Definitely appreciate that! Will let you know if anything comes up.
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But also have this npub on Amethyst and Alby extension set up to log into any web client.
That's handy, but I was looking for something to authorize an RSS feed to post to this npub, rather than having its own npub, which I would then need to manually share out.
This past Lord's Day, our pulpit was filled by elder Kris, who continued his series of exhortations through Colossians in the morning, and Acts in the evening.
Colossians 3:11-15 - Put on Christ and Put on Unity
https://mp3.sermonaudio.com/download/5624237506970/5624237506970.mp3
Acts 2:22-37 - Peter's Sermon
https://mp3.sermonaudio.com/download/5624232754587/5624232754587.mp3
Find all our sermons at SermonAudio.com here: https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=cdareformed
Are there any tools out there for posting to Nostr from an RSS feed?
Would like to be able to automatically post links to our sermons as soon as they are uploaded each week.
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Hello #Nostr!
If there is any institution that should be interested in preserving free speech, particularly in parts of the world that actively seek to suppress the gospel of Jesus Christ, it ought to be the Church, and we haven't ever had a more effective tool for preserving that right in the public square than Nostr.
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