GOD CREATED MAN FOR HIS GLORY
(Lesson 3)
Genesis 1:26-2:3
MAN MADE A LITTLE LOWER THAN ANGELS
V:26. " Then God said, "Let us make man in our
image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the
birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the
creatures that move along the ground."
A. "God said Let us make man"
1. The Hebrew
word is ashah which is 1st person plural.
2. An indication
of the Holy Trinity
3. Let us, God
the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
B. "In our image and our likeness".
1. We have two
words; image and likeness which appear to mean
the same
thing, but are different.
2. Image is the
resemblance of God.
a. God is a
triune God, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
b. Man in a
since is triune. He has a body, a soul and a spirit.
c. Man was
created with a special intimacy with God.
1
Corinthians 11:7
A man ought
not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God;
Colossians
3:10
and have put
on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of
its Creator.
d. John
1:4
He (
Jesus) was the source of life, and that life was the light for humanity.
3. The Hebrew
word for likeness is thought to be God's characteristics.
b. God is
love, so He made man to love
c. God is
knowledge and wisdom so He gave man His Word.
d. God is
forgiving, so He commanded man to forgive,
e. God is
compassionate, so gave man the desire for compassion.
f. God is
righteous. Man knows the difference between right and wrong.
g. God is the
creator. God gave man a mind to us what He created
to make
goods and services.
4. God thinks,
speaks, has a divine will and he acts
and has power.
a. God made
man with the same attributes.
b. Man has the
ability to speak.
c. God made
man with ability to think and reason.
d. Man
has a will to do what he wants to do.
e. Man has
been given the ability to act with limited power.
C. Man has a special relationship with God .
1. His
relationship with God is different than that
of animals.
No animal is able to communicate with
God.
2. No animal was
made in the image and likeness of God
3.We should also
notice that God waited until the environment was
complete with
animals, grass and trees before He made man.
a. The environment was made with all that
was needed for man's survival.
b. Man is the
object of God's creation.
4. We should
notice, that God did not make any thing in creation
except man in
His likeness and image.
D. Man is God's Highest Order of creation
1.His
relationship with God is different than that
of animals.
2. God is
eternal. God made man with an eternal
relationship with Him.
3. Man is an
higher order of creation than any living thing on earth
Hebrews 2:7
Thou madest
him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and
honour, and
didst set him over the works of thy hands:
From a physical stand point. The body has 206 bones. It
is 65% water, 7 % blood.
65% oxygen, 18% carbon, 10% hydrogen, 3% nitrogen 4%
others
If you cremated the body you have 4-6 lbs of ashes
The body contain 11 functioning systems (see the attachments)
The body contains 724 trillion blood cells
The body has 5.7 lbs of bone marrow
Your brain control and regulates all of the above
God took His image and likeness and housed it in a human
body
(20 lbs of skin)
Don't miss your shout
because this is you!!!
GOD CREATED SEX
V:27. " So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God he created him; male
and female he
created them. "
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea
and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the
ground."
A. God created sex between man and woman.
1. This is the
first time in creation that He used the words, male and female
2. The Hebrew word
for male is zakar which mean first born, the most notable sex.
Zakar is a masculine
noun .
3. The Hebrew word
for female is neqebah which means woman.
Neqebah is a
feminine noun.
B. God instituted marriage,
blessed it and gave it purpose.
1. God created a
partnership.
2. Be fruitful
and multiply.
a. God
created in man one part of the organs for reproduction.
b. God
created in woman the other parts of the organ for reproduction.
c. God made
the human race dependant on all that He created.
3. Fill the earth
with male and female offsprings.
C. Man was given authority over all living creatures.
1. God commanded
man and woman to bring the earth and all it
inhabitants
under their subjection.
2. Man was given
authority over the produce of the ground.
MAN'S AUTHORITY OVER THE EARTH
V:29-30 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing
plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in
it. They will be yours for food.
30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of
the air and all the creatures that move on the ground — everything that has the
breath of life in it — I give every green plant for food." And it was so. "
A. God created Adam and Eve as mature adults.
1. They were not created as babies that grew
into adults.
2. They were created as intelligent human
beings.
3. They were created with the ability to listen,
and follow the Word
God.
B. Adam And Eve was given the capability and the will to accomplish
God's plan for
their lives.
1. They were given
the huge responsibility of taken care of God's
earth and its
inhabitants.
2. They were given
ownership of everything God created on earth
Psalms
115:16
The highest
heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to man.
C. God created a vegetarian diet for man.
1. God is
concerned about our health.
2. Adam and Eve's
diet consisted of the following:
a. Every seed
bearing plant.
b. Every seed bearing fruit
from trees.
c. Every green
plant.
THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD
V:31-2:1. God saw all
that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening,
and there was
morning — the sixth day.
2:1. Thus the heavens
and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
A. The glory of God's creation is man:
1 Corinthians
11:7
For a man indeed
ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory
of God: but the
woman is the glory of the man.
Hebrews 2:10
For it became him,
for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing
many sons unto
glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.. B. God's
creation was not complete until man was created and put into his
place of
authority over the earth.
1. Hebrews 2:7-9
Thou madest
him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and
honour, and
didst set him over the works of thy hands:
2. The reason for
our existence is to give God glory.
Revelation
4:11
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory
and honour and power: for thou hast
created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and
were created.
C. God gave man everything he needed to live on earth
. 1. 2 Peter 1:3
According as his divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain unto life and
godliness, through the knowledge of him
that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2. Hebrews 2:8
Thou hast put all things in subjection under
his feet. For in that he put all in
subjection
under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not
yet all things
put under him.
A DAY TO HONOR GOD
Genesis 2:2-3. " By the seventh day God had finished
the work he had been doing; so on
the seventh day he
rested from all his work.
And God blessed the seventh day and made it
holy, because on it he rested from all the
work of creating
that he had done. "
A. Any day set aside to honor God is a day of blessings.
1. God blesses the
works of your hands,
2. He also blesses
the day you set aside to honor Him.
B. God made a day of
rest for man
1. God set the
example for man's activities on earth.
2. Work six days
and set one day aside for the worship of the creator.
3. God did not
intend for man to work seven days a week.
C. The seventh day was designed for man to reflect on
the goodness of God
and to give Him
praise and honor.
1. Mark 2:27
Then he said
to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
So the Son of
Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
2. The seventh day
was designed for man to give his body and mind
rest from his
labors.
3. A day of rest
is needed to rejuvenate the mind and the body.
THANK GOD FOR CREATING US
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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