What is the meaning of life Part 2

Avoid moralism

Moralism is simply doing what is good for goodness sake. An atheist can do that, but for those who claim to be Christians our purpose is not our own glory.

The meaning of our lives is to bring glory to God (Isa. 43:7).

Unbelievers do not know God. Therefore, they can only be moralistic in their self-determination of meaning and purpose.

That is, they have no objective moral standard that exists outside of themselves and so they have no way of knowing what their ultimate purpose really is. They will then, at best, adopt a kind of moralism, a goodness that is relative to the preferences and situation and live a kind of conditional love. In that way, they cannot know what real goodness is. And without knowing what truly is good, how can they truly have a good purpose in their lives?

For the Christian

The right thing to do is bring glory to God because there is no one greater who is worthy of trust, adoration, and worship. Therefore, for the Christian, we are to live to bring glory to God. How we do that is through prayer and study of his word, the Bible, so that we might better know what he has for us.