The Tulip Driven Life

Q. 1. What is the chief and highest end of man? A. Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to enjoy him for ever. Rom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 10:31; Ps. 73:24-28; John 17:21-23. Rom. 11:36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. Christians, Pastors, Churches go wrong from the outset when they fail to rightly understand the very first question to the Westminster catechisms. Our ultimate end and purpose is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. God is at the center, both of our glorifying (for He alone is worthy of all praise, worship, service, adoration, and all of it is to be done according to His will as revealed in the Bible) and enjoying (for God is the highest good and glory, and to be made in His image to be like Him by serving Him according to His Word is the greatest possible joy there could be). It is not man at the center. But pastors, churches, and Christians today show that they are man-centered when God is putting you...

Because we've bought the lies that the end is always near, Christ is not presently ruling from David's throne at the Father's right hand, that the Jews are a special and privileged people over against the Christian Church, and therefore Christians will always lose down here until Christ returns to finally start His Kingdom reign, we've embraced a loser mentally. The bride of Christ has regarded herself as a helpless damsel in distress, rather than equipped as warriors by the enthroned and glorified Christ's Mighty Spirit, with the full armor of God, to do battle against the world, flesh, and devil. This must change, for the sake of Christ's covenant and Kingdom. So let's have a necessary discussion and study of Scripture to correct grievous error. Living and growing up in Sanford, North Carolina, churches often teach, and have taught for many generations ironically, that the end is near, that Christ is going to return at any moment, and so we need to have a...