Purpose of God for you

Sometimes the most religious misrepresent God the most and the least religious misrepresent God the least. 

Religion could be defined as communication about God. 

For communication about God to have a purpose it must be able to achieve its purpose, otherwise what is its purpose? It is my belief that the purpose of religion is to make God known. It is my belief  if the religion does not help make God known, it has no purpose. It is my belief if the religion makes God harder to know, you would be better off without it.  

A purpose that cannot change,

Genesis 17:1-3 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” 

Genesis 21:2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. 

Genesis 21:33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God. 

Genesis 35:7 There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. 

Genesis 35:9 After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. 

Exodus 3:6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. 

Exodus 4:5 “This,” said the Lord, “is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.” 

Exodus 16:12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’” 

Exodus 29:46 They will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God. 

Leviticus 26:12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 

Numbers 15:41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.’” 

Deuteronomy 4:35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other. 

Deuteronomy 29:6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink. I did this so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.” 

Joshua 4:24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.” 

Purpose of God for you was not fulfilled under the first agreement

. Jeremiah 11:10 They have returned to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors. 

However God cannot change. 

Joshua 23:14 “Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.

 The purpose of God has not, nor will ever change. 

Jeremiah 31:33 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 

Purpose of God for you

Matthew 3:1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: 

Psalm 105:9 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

Matthew 3:9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

Luke 3:8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

Romans 9:4 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? 25 As he says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people; and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”

26 and,“In the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”

Galations 3:7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

 John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.