{"id":817,"date":"2024-06-27T15:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T03:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tandem.org.nz\/onthejourney\/?page_id=817"},"modified":"2024-09-23T10:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T22:18:22","slug":"why-we-exist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onthejourney.nz\/explore\/explore-2\/why-we-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Exist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"817\" class=\"elementor elementor-817\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a08229d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a08229d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c0940 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17c0940\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1704d59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1704d59\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff7811 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ff7811\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c6414 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2c6414\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><b>Why We Exist<\/b><\/h1><p><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">What the Bible says about sin won\u2019t make much sense until we understand why God made humans in the first place.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">On page one of the Bible, we learn that every human is made in the image of God; we are sacred beings who represent our Creator.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">Watch the clip below to unpack what that means.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-882ffe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"882ffe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/8UnS3gsscq0&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8563041 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8563041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">We see in this clip that not only are humans the pinnacle of creation, but God also trusted us with the job of taking care of the earth under his leadership.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">God meant for us to build thriving communities of people who love him and love each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b>How well do people love God, love each other, and take care of the earth?<\/b><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c209b8c elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"c209b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/onthejourney.nz\/explore\/explore-2\/our-condition\/\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M190.5 66.9l22.2-22.2c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L441 239c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9L246.6 467.3c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.2-22.2c-9.5-9.5-9.3-25 .4-34.3L311.4 296H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24v-32c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h287.4L190.9 101.2c-9.8-9.3-10-24.8-.4-34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why We Exist What the Bible says about sin won\u2019t make much sense until we understand why God made humans in the first place. 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