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In the beginning...mankind 1:26-31 & 2:4-17

In the beginning...mankind 1:26-31 & 2:4-17. Upcoming Sermons. 9/22 – “Creation Care ” (Blake) 9/29 – “Work & Rest” (Brian) 10/6 – “Marriage & Sexuality” (Matt). Upcoming Sermons. 9/22 – “Creation Care ” (Blake) 9/29 – “Work & Rest” (Brian) 10/6 – “Marriage & Sexuality” (Matt).

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In the beginning...mankind 1:26-31 & 2:4-17

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  1. In the beginning...mankind 1:26-31 & 2:4-17

  2. Upcoming Sermons 9/22 – “Creation Care” (Blake) 9/29 – “Work & Rest” (Brian) 10/6 – “Marriage & Sexuality” (Matt)

  3. Upcoming Sermons 9/22 – “Creation Care” (Blake) 9/29 – “Work & Rest” (Brian) 10/6 – “Marriage & Sexuality” (Matt)

  4. In the beginning...mankind 1:26-31 & 2:4-17

  5. Is there value without God? Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. “I see no reason for attributing to man a significance different in kind from that which belongs to a baboon or a grain of sand.”

  6. the “image of God” • Dust of the earth (adamah) • Breath of life • Living creature

  7. the “image of God” • Applies to all humanity • Applies before and after the fall and the flood • Limited by “likeness”

  8. the “image of God” Designed to ... • Relate to God John 17:3 “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

  9. the “image of God” Designed to ... • Relate to God and to one another

  10. the “image of God” Designed to ... • Reflect God’s glory Psalm 8:3–5 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!

  11. the “image of God” Designed to ... • Reflect God’s glory • in character • and in physical form

  12. the “image of God” Designed to ... • Reflect God’s glory 1 Peter 1:14–16 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

  13. the “image of God” Designed to ... • Reflect God’s glory • in character • and in physical form Psalm 94:9 He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?

  14. the “image of God” Designed to ... • Reflect God’s glory Daniel 12:3 “Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.”

  15. the “image of God” Designed to ... • Rule God’s creation Psalm 8:5–6 You crown him with glory and majesty! You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet....

  16. the “image of God” Designed to ... • Relate to God and to one another • Reflect God’s glory • Rule God’s creation

  17. the “image” Renewed 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

  18. the “image” Renewed C.S. Lewis “It is a serious thing...to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship...There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal... it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit....

  19. Notes & Sermon Audio Grace Bible Church @briangfisher Grace Bible Texas App Next week @ Anderson: Creation Care (Blake)

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