Sermon Tone Analysis

God Created Man

Last week we discussed the reason we believe that there is a living God and that He can be communicated with and in fact has been communicating to man since the beginning of creation

This week we want to discuss the creation of man and his fall from his appointed position

As we open this study we are faced with the first reflection of the Trinity.

Let US make man in OUR image

Not Let me or me & you but US signifying the singularity and plurality of God

God had a very real plan for creating these beings, He desired that they would be a reflection of who He was - creative, communicative, free to choose, and living according to a moral and just code

Notice here that He created them Male and Female

The Hebrew verb hear means to “make, accomplish or complete”

Complete Word Study Dictionary of the Old Testament- it is defined as “performing a an activity for a distinct purpose, a moral obligation, and a goal in view!

I am not going to spend a lot of time here but I want you to see that God created the system to reproduce after their kind!

In Biology we have classifications of Kingdoms, Phylum

They include Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.

The kingdom Animalia comprises 36 phyla.

The kingdom Plantae comprises 12 phyla, and the kingdom Fungi comprises 7 phyla

Each of those reproducing after its own kind!

It is impossible to cross orders and expect reproduction…so it is with same sex unions - they cannot reproduce thereby they are contrary to the design of God for Humans - God is a God of order and unchangeableness so we were able to put a man on the moon with a slide rule!

It is in His image that man was created OT:6754

The word is also used in a concrete sense to depict images cut out of or molded from various materials.

The word describes the images or idols of foreign or strange gods

His likeness - It is the word meaning the comparison between two unlike things having the same characteristics - sin and the venom of a snake

So we see that man is like God but not God!

That’s why Satan constantly wants to pervert the natural order for the unnatural order of things

Man’s commission then was to multiply and have dominion over Kingdom earth

Multiply - to increase in volume, extent, power and influence!

God’s people were given total authority and power over even the angelic realm - many commentators believe that this is why Satan led a rebellion because he wanted the authority to rule!

Dominion

The word here isn’t aggressive in nature but rather to lead, guide, set the example,

In speaking of the commission of man we see the following verses:

We see the order of God’s created beings

Man - lower than the angles yet crowned with glory and given all dominion!

Think about that - you have more power and authority than the angelic realm!

The word “ have dominion” means that everything under you is powerless and subjected to your derived authority in Christ!

This is why we in Christ now can regain the authority over the enemy

This is why when we discuss the outpouring of the Holy Spirit we believe that the believer is endued with this power which is not currently available to him because of the unregenerate spirit within!

The problem came when Adam and Eve gave the delegated authority to Satan when they sinned!

The original plan for man was to rule the Kingdom of the Earth and now the redeemed goal for man will ultimately be to have dominion over the new heavens and earth for eternity!

Next week we will see the consequences of the violation of that law and the beginning of the long journey to redeem man from himself