1. “And God Said -
Let Us Make Man...”
Who is God?
What Does the Creation of Man Teach about God?
How Do Women Fit into His Creation?
If We are His Image – What Does that Mean?
How Does God Want Us to Live?
17. Because God Is – we should remember
Him, ponder Him, and seek Him.
Because God Spoke – we should discover
His words in Creation and in Scripture
Because God Created – we should bow
before Him and worship the One who
gives us life.
Because God Blessed – we should be filled
with Thanksgiving and seek to Exalt God
18.
19. “And God Said -
Let Us Make Man...”
Who is God?
What Does the Creation of Man Teach about God?
How Do Women Fit into His Creation?
If We are His Image – What Does that Mean?
How Does God Want Us to Live?
20. Genesis 1:26-31 Then God said, “Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens
and over the livestock and over all the earth and over
every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
[27] So God created man in His own image,
in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them.
[28] And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be
fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and
have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds
of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on
the earth.”
21. [29] And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant
yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every
tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
[30] And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of
the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth,
everything that has the breath of life, I have given every
green plant for food.” And it was so. [31] And God saw
everything that He had made, and behold, it was very
good. And there was evening and there was morning, the
sixth day.
22. What Does it Mean to Be Made in God’s
Image?
Genesis 1:21 So God created … according
to their kinds…
Man was not created in likeness with
himself or his own kind… but to God.
Image = Resemble, Replicate, Represent
Likeness = Quality of the Replica
27. We Were Created to Clearly Resemble and
Represent the Creator God
Emotions, Personality, Intellect and Will
Morality, Creativity, Spirituality, Wisdom,
Dominion, Power…
For what can be known about God is plain
to them, because God has shown it to
them. [20] For his invisible attributes,
namely, his eternal power and divine
nature, have been clearly perceived, ever
since the creation of the world, in the
things that have been made. So they are
without excuse. (Romans 1:19-20 ESV)
28. Attributes of God and Man
Communicable and Incommunicable Attributes
God Humanity
Incommunicable Communicable Human
Attributes Attributes Attributes
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Spirit Being Mortal
Infinite Wisdom Finite
Eternal Power Temporal
Unchangeable Holiness Changeable
Creator Justice Created
Goodness
Truth
29. Created to Resemble God: v. 26-27
− His Character and Nature
−His Plurality of Person
30. Created to Resemble God: v. 26-27
− His Character and Nature
−His Plurality of Person
Created to Represent God: v. 28-31
− To Increase the Image of God
Creating New Life Represented God’s
Nature of Creator
to the Creation
31. Created to Resemble God: v. 26-27
− His Character and Nature
−His Plurality of Person
Created to Represent God: v. 28-31
− To Increase the Image of God
Creating New Life Represented God’s
Nature of Creator
to the Creation
− To Husband the Creation
Caring for the Creation Represented God’s
Own Nature of a Husband and Caretaker
to the Creation
