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Mankind – the Pinnacle of God’s Creation Genesis 1:26-27

Mankind – the Pinnacle of God’s Creation Genesis 1:26-27. Genesis 1:26 - ‘Let us make man in our image’ First overt reference to the Trinity in the Bible Man - made in God’s image the key to understanding our purpose on earth. We are a visible representation of the invisible God. .

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Mankind – the Pinnacle of God’s Creation Genesis 1:26-27

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  1. Mankind – the Pinnacle of God’s Creation Genesis 1:26-27

  2. Genesis 1:26 - ‘Let us make man in our image’ • First overt reference to the Trinity in the Bible • Man - made in God’s image • the key to understanding our purpose on earth. • We are a visible representation of the invisible God.

  3. “…. created for [my] glory, whom I formed and made.” Isaiah 43:7

  4. First overt reference to the Trinity in the Bible – v26 • ‘Let us make man in our image’ • Man - made in God’s image – the key to understanding our purpose on earth. • We are a visible representation of the invisible God.

  5. Things in which God’s image is seen in us: • We can think, problem solve. • We use complex & complicated communication & language • We are creative • We have strong and deep emotions • We have souls and spirit (immortal) Do not to confuse God’s original image with what we see now. • Sin has marred but not destroyed God’s image in humans • God is restoring his image in us:

  6. … you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Colossians 3:9-10

  7. And we all, ….. are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. 2 Corinthians 3:18

  8. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him 1 John 3:2

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