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
5510 West Sam Houston Park Way North
Houston, Texas 77041
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