7. âWe are individuals
with an inner life and
identified by the sphere
of influence and circle
of relationships
around us.â
- Augustine
8. âWe are individuals
with reasonable minds
who can be changed,
transformed, saved,
improved by the
assistance of Godâs
grace.â
- Jonathan Edwards
10. âWe are not just
individuals, but
individuals with a
rational mind. We can
think and our brain, our
mind, is essentially that
which makes
us human.â
- Rene Descartes
11. âYou are an individual
with a mind, but you
donât really need God
and his grace to help
you. You donât need to
look outward to God.
You need to look
inward to self.â
- Jean-Jacques
Rousseau
12. âNot only are you a pretty
good person, and not only
are the answers in you
instead of in God, you
donât really need God at
all. What you need is a
highly-trained specialized
psychiatrist. You need a
therapist. You need a
psychologist.â
- William James
13. âOur greatest need is
not to glorify God, but
to glorify self. Self-
actualization .â
- Abraham Maslow
14. âWe made God. God
didnât make us, we
made God. Heâs a
figment of our
imagination.â
- Ludwig Feuerbach
15. âWe made God. God
didnât make us, we
made God. Heâs a
figment of our
imagination.â
- Ludwig Feuerbach
16. âMoralistic: you want to
be a good person and
do the best you can.
Therapeutic: God is the
big therapist in the sky.
Deism: heâs far, far
away. Godâs not really
there to help you.â
- Christian Smith
17. By 2013, the word "selfie"
had become commonplace
enough to be monitored for
inclusion in the online version
of the Oxford English
Dictionary. In November
2013, the word "selfie" was
announced as being the
"word of the year" by the
Oxford English Dictionary,
which gave the word itself an
Australian origin.
18. What does the Bible
reveal about the origin
of human life?
19. Genesis 1:26
26 Then God said, âLet us make mankind in
our image, in our likeness, so that they may
rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in
the sky, over the livestock and all the wild
animals, and over all the creatures that move
along the ground.â
Elohim The Father, the Son and
the Spirit
20. Genesis 1:27
27 So God created mankind in his own
image, in the image of God he created
them; male and female he created them.
21. Genesis 5:1-3
This is the written account of Adamâs family
line. When God created mankind, he made
them in the likeness of God. 2 He created
them male and female and blessed them.
And he named them âMankindâ when they
were created. 3 When Adam had lived 130
years, he had a son in his own likeness, in
his own image; and he named him Seth.
22. Genesis 9:6
6 âWhoever sheds human blood, by humans
shall their blood be shed; for in the image of
God has God made mankind.
23. James 3:9
9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and
Father, and with it we curse human beings,
who have been made in Godâs likeness.
24. All continue to say that though sinful, we
are still Godâs image-bearers. At this
point there is no sin in history or in the
world or in the life of our first parents.
And once they do sin and we, as
sinners, continue to bear the image and
likeness of God. We donât become less
than human.
25. Genesis 1:27
27 So God created mankind in his own
image, in the image of God he created
them; male and female he created them.
God has no gender.
26. Genesis 1:28
28 God blessed them and said to them, âBe
fruitful and increase in number; fill the
earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in
the sea and the birds in the sky and over
every living creature that moves on the
ground.â This is the essence of our
relationship.
Work smart
Be good stewards not owners.
Take care of it.
27. Genesis 2:7
7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the
dust of the ground and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life, and the man
became a living being.
He formed â very personal
involvement in the making of
humanity.
Thatâs giving us a soul or a spirit.
Weâre not just material bodies.
There is also an immaterial soul
that is part of our existence.
Thatâs God breathing his spirit-
life into us.
28. Genesis 2:18
18 The Lord God said, âIt is not good for the
man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable
for him.â
29. Genesis 2:20-22
20 But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into
a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he
took one of the manâs ribs and then closed up
the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God
made a woman from the rib he had taken out
of the man, and he brought her to the man.
No discrimination
Not a slave
30. Genesis 2:23-25
23 The man said, âThis is now bone of my
bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be
called âwoman,â for she was taken out of
man.â 24 That is why a man leaves his father
and mother and is united to his wife, and they
become one flesh. 25 Adam and his wife were
both naked, and they felt no shame.
31. What is the place of
human beings in
relation to God and
creation?
32. Psalm 8:5-8
5 You have made them a little lower than the
angels and crowned them with glory and
honor. 6 You made them rulers over the works
of your hands; you put everything under their
feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of
the wild, 8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in
the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
It is under God and
above the rest of creation
34. We can make decisions. We have moral
decision-making ability. We have dominion
over lower creation. We can have great
effect, positive and negative, on the
environment and other animals and plants
and species. We have social ability. We can
write. We can communicate. We can speak.
35. We have emotions. We feel things deeply.
We also have non-moral likenesses, like
intellect and reason. We can think. We can
learn. Weâre immortal and spirit, that we
can live forever. Our soul will go on beyond
the physical life. We have creative ability.
We also have the ability to appreciate
beauty and aesthetics and the art.
36. We have emotions. We feel things deeply.
We also have non-moral likenesses, like
intellect and reason. We can think. We can
learn. Weâre immortal and spirit, that we
can live forever. Our soul will go on beyond
the physical life. We have creative ability.
We also have the ability to appreciate
beauty and aesthetics and the art.
37. Another way to look at it is to say that God
has certain attributes that belong to him
alone. Weâll call those the unshared or the
incommunicable attributes. Iâll give you an
example. God is omnipresent â heâs
everywhere. Weâre not. God is omniscient
â heâs all-knowing. Weâre not. God is
omnipotent â heâs all-powerful. Weâre not.
38. God is immutable â he doesnât change,
and we do. God is eternal â he is without a
beginning, and we are not. We came into
existence at a point in time. And God is
sovereign â he rules over everyone and
everything, and weâre not.
42. Colossians 1:15
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
Jesus is what a normal human being is supposed to be
like. Jesus is what we would be like without sin. We would
love God. We would obey God. We would serve others. We
would be humble. We would have complete, ongoing trust
in God. Weâd have empathy and compassion for others.
Weâd be generous with our stuff.
43. We are to image God
means to reflect God
like a mirror. We are to
radiate the glory of
God.
- John Calvin
44. We are to, like a mirror, reflect God to the
earth. Thatâs what we are to do. God is
loving: the earth should see that through
us. God is truthful: the earth should see
that through us. God is compassionate and
merciful and just and patient and holy and
righteous, and the earth should see that as
we mirror God to the earth.
45. Because of SIN we donât mirror God well.
Jesus Christ, without sin, he mirrors God
perfectly.
49. 2 Corinthians 3:18
18 And we all, who with unveiled faces
contemplate[a] the Lordâs glory, are being
transformed into his image with ever-
increasing glory, which comes from the Lord,
who is the Spirit.