The Mandate of Man

published on 24 November 1859.

On the Origin of Species

(or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life)

is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology; brach theory which has been used today to basicyl bring us to be nothing more than overly evolved pond schum.

You were not made by chance- You are not an acedent you are not a mistake and not the cousin of an ape.

You were however created from Dirt shaped and molded by the hands of God.

You were created with a purpose to reflect the glory of your Creator.

1. Your Creator

Genesis 1:26 “26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness.

Enhanced Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon אֱלֹהִים

4. אֱלֹהִים = God

The basic meaning behind the name Elohim is one of strength or power of effect. Elohim is the infinite, all-powerful God who shows by His works that He is the creator, sustainer, and supreme judge of the world. “Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure—you, the righteous [Elohim] who probes minds and hearts” (Psalm 7:9).

Sometimes the word Elohim is shortened to El and used as part of a longer name. El Shaddai, for example, means “God Almighty” (Genesis 49:24); El Elyon means “God Most High” (Deuteronomy 26:19); and El Roi means “God Who Sees” (Genesis 16:13).

Personal names of people can include the name of God: Daniel (“El Is My Judge”), Nathanael (“Gift of El”), Samuel (“Heard by El”), Elijah (“El Is Yahweh”), and Ariel (“Lioness of El”) are examples. Place names, too, can contain the shortened form of Elohim: Bethel (“House of El”), Jezreel (“El Will Sow”), and, of course, Israel (“Prince of El”) are examples.

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

The word Elohim is grammatically plural rather than singular (the -im suffix in Hebrew indicates the plural form). The singular form of Elohim is probably Eloah.

We carefully note that the majestic plural in the Old Testament was not meant to teach the doctrine of the Trinity. It is simply a linguistic tool that God employed to accentuate His greatness. However, the use of plural constructions to refer to God leaves open the possibility of God’s triune nature.

Later, when the doctrine of the Trinity is revealed in the New Testament, the use of the majestic plural fits right in.

Q. What is God? A. God is a Spirit (John 4:24), infinite (Job 11:7, 8, 9), eternal (Ps. 110:2), and unchangeable (Jas. 1:17) in his being (Ex. 3:14), wisdom (Ps. 147:5), power (Rev. 4:8), holiness (Rev. 15:4), justice, goodness, and truth (Ex. 34:6).

Q. Are there more gods than one? A. There is but one only, the living and true God (Deut. 6:4; Jer 10:10).

Q. How many persons are there in the Godhead? A. There are three persons in the godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory (1 John 5:7; Mt. 28:19).

2. Your Reflection

Genesis 1:27 “27 So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.”

Q. How did God create man? A. God created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures (Gen. 1:26, 27, 28; Col. 3:10, Eph. 4:24).

Like the moon reflects the sun - We are only a mere reflection of our Creator.

2 Corinthians 3:18“18 We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.”

Not our Body

Having the “image” or “likeness” of God means, in the simplest terms, that we were made to resemble God

The image of God (Latin, imago dei) refers to the immaterial part of humanity. It sets human beings apart from the animal world, fits them for the dominion God intended them to have over the earth (Genesis 1:28), and enables them to commune with their Maker. It is a likeness mentally, morally, and socially.

Our conscience

rational, volitional agent

Communicable atributes

Ecclesiastes 7:29 “29 Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes.””

Romans 5:12 “12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned.”

James 3:9 “9 With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in God’s likeness.”

3. Your Purpose

Gen 1:26 - They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.””

Genesis 1:28 “28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.””

Genesis 1:29–30 “29 God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you, 30 for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth—everything having the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.”

You were created with a purpose to reflect the glory of your Creator.

You are a creation of God - and created to have dominion

Rule

Multiply

Fill

Subdue

Why did God create us? - He doesn need us. He wasn't board

Rafi- What did God create you and all things. - GLORY

Q. 1. Who made you? A. God.

Q. 2. What else did God make? A. God made all things.

Q. 3. Why did God make you and all things ? A. For his own glory.

The glory of God is the first thing that God’s children should desire. It is the object of one of our Lord’s own prayers: “Father, glorify thy name” (John 12:28). It is the purpose for which the world was created. It is the end for which the saints are called and converted. It is the chief thing we should seek, that “God in all things may be glorified” (1 Pet. 4:11). . . .

Anything whereby we may glorify God is a talent, our gifts, our influence, our money, our knowledge, our health, our strength, our time, our senses, our reason, our intellect, our memory, our affections, our privileges as members of Christ’s Church, our advantages as possessors of the Bible—all, all are talents. Whence came these things? What hand bestowed them? Why are we what we are? Why are we not the worms that crawl on the earth? There is only one answer to these questions. All that we have is a loan from God. We are God’s stewards. We are God’s debtors. Let this thought sink deeply into our hearts.

Revelation 4:11 “11 Our Lord and God, you are worthy to receive glory and honor and power, because you have created all things, and by your will they exist and were created.”

Colossians 1:16 “16 For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities— all things have been created through him and for him.”

You are a creation of God - and created to have dominion-

TO RULE

We have a personality a sense of Morality and spirituality-and Responsibility

If we were an aceted we would not be responsible for anything-

DETERMINISM IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO DENY YOUR RESPONSIBILTY

the doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will. Some philosophers have taken determinism to imply that individual human beings have no free will and cannot be held morally responsible for their actions.

fatalist determinism- nothing will stop what happen its going to happen.

Causal determinism says that future events happen as a result of preceding events. That preceding events include things that we do, so many future events happen because of what we do.

Physical or Mechanical - Man is a product of his genes and body chemistry

Psychological Determinism - Man is A Product of his environment and of the earlier things that have happend to him.

God made you in His image You are not a result of DETERMINISM- You are in fact so great that the desisons that you make can and will influance history and for yourself and others- IN this life and the life to come.

While we are fallen even in our fallen state we are responsible.

- Boice

You can do great things or You can do terrible things.

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 1

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

Very Good

Dr. Gerstner-Former professor of PTS said 5 things about the creation of man.

Man was created- and he still is

Man was created male and female- and still is

Man was created body and soul- and still is

Man was created dominant over the animals - and he still is

Man was created HOLY- and he still is— NOT

Acts 17:26–29 “26 From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live. 27 He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28 For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’ 29 Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.”

Ephesians 4:24 “24 and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.”