Why has God left us here on earth instead of taking us home?
God has left believers here to bring honor and glory to His name, to live and breathe with the priority that one day we might have the praise of God, rather than being consumed by temporal things. This purpose governs the practical outworking of our existence.
Les teaches that God has left us here to bring honor and glory to His name. While things in themselves are not wrong, the problem is what people do with things in their schedule of priority. We are to live and breathe with the aim that one day we might have the praise of God. This is the practicality of our very existence, contrasting with the Corinthian believers who were carnal and puffed up, exalting human leaders like Paul, Apollos, and Peter above what is written.