WHY DID GOD CREATE US AND WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF OUR EXISTENCE AND LIFE? THE MAKER CREATED US IN HIS OWN IMAGE TO KNOW HIM, LOVE HIM, ENJOY HIM, LIVE WITH HIM, AND GLORIFY HIM FOREVER. IT IS RIGHT THAT WE WHO WERE CREATED BY GOD SHOULD LIVE TO HIS GLORY AND PRAISE. WHY ARE WE ALL, THE CREATED CREATURES, SO BROKEN, RESTLESS, DISCONTENT AND PAINED? WE HAVE ALL TRUSTED IN CREATED THINGS RATHER THAN THE CREATOR FOR OUR HOPE AND HAPPINESS, SIGNIFICANCE AND SECURITY AND HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THE PURPOSE OF OUR EXISTENCE. HOW WILL WE EXPERIENCE LIFE AS THE MAKER INTENDED? RESTORATION AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAKER IS THE ONLY HOPE FOR LASTING PLEASURE, HAPPINESS, JOY, AND ETERNAL DELIGHT AND PEACE. IN SHORT: WE WERE MADE BY THE MAKER. WE FELL. WE NEED RESTORATION. PARADISE AWAITS THE REDEEMED. To consider the Gospel, please read here.

(SOME CONTENT ADAPTED FROM THE NEW CITY CATECHISM.)