About Humankind Part 2
be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” 27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” 29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground – everything that has life.” And that is what happened. 31 Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day. (New Living Translation)
How Did We Get Here? – The Origin of Humanity
Genesis 1:1 – First this: God created the Heavens and Earth – all you see, all you don’t see. (The Message)
Romans 1:20 – Ever since God created the world, his invisible qualities, both his eternal power and his divine nature, have been clearly seen; they are perceived in the things that God has made. So those people have no excuse at all! (Good News Translation)
Genesis 1:27 – So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (New Living Translation)
▸ Human beings are the unique and crowning creation of God, created in His image, with inherent value and worth
Who Are We? – Human Nature and State
Our nature . . .
▸ We are created to be ________________
▸ We are created to be _________________
▸ We are created in God’s _________________ image
▸ We are created to have ___________________ over the earth
Our state . . .
▸ We are _______________ – We are not only sinners because we sin, we sin primarily because we are sinners
Genesis 2:16-17 – 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” (New Revised Standard Version)
Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Christian Standard Bible)
Jeremiah 17:9 – The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? (New Living Translation)
What Are We To Do? – Responding to What We Know
▸ Live in _________________________ with the Creator
John 14:6 – Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (New King James Version)
▸ Live in accordance with the Creator’s ___________________
Isaiah 43:7 – They are my own people, and I created them to bring me glory. (Good News Translation)
1 Corinthians 10:31 – Therefore, . . . whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (New King James Version)