Everyone who is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, even whom I have made. Isaiah 43:6b-7, “Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth. May that truth shape how we view others, but first, may it shape how we view ourselves. I thank You that we are brothers and sisters by Your design. This is God’s beautiful design for us, and we were made to walk in this beauty.įather, I thank You for our sameness. What if we could really grasp that we have intrinsic value because we are made in the image of God? The difference would be incredible. Yet we forget this amazing truth, and sin messes us up, and we treat each other in ways that must break God’s heart. And it shapes how we view humanity - those we live side-by-side with and those we’ll never meet. It's not a functional thing as much as a gift from God. We have an intrinsic value because of the image God has given to us. What are the implications of the Imago Dei? There is an intrinsic human dignity that places us above everything else in the creative order. The Imago Dei is God's investment in humanity of God-like glory and moral capacity to reign and rule the earth as His representatives. And then, in the vastness of this universe, on this tiny little dirt ball in one of the smaller solar systems in this expansive universe, God placed His crown jewel of all creation: men and women, made in His image and endowed with dominion and authority. Out of the overflow of Their unity, joy and perfection, They began to paint Their glory on the canvas of creation. Up until this point it was good, it was good, it was good, and now we have man and woman, and it's very good. That's the first time those words are used. Verse 31 adds a compelling completion to creation, “ God saw all that he had made, and it was very good” Genesis 1:26a and Genesis 1:27 say, “ Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness’ … So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them male and female he created them”īut God didn’t stop there. We all want to be the point, and when we feel like we're not the point, a lot of conflict is birthed.Īlthough we may not be the point, God did create us differently than the rest of the world. I like everyone to defer to what I want, what I need and what I desire, and so do you.

That's hard because, if I can be honest, I like to be the point. And because we are the created and not the Creator, we are not the measure of anything. The question of design: “How do things work?” all find their root in Genesis 1:1. But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman. The question of purpose: “Why am I here?” and 1 Corinthians 7:1-4 ESV / 2,474 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. 'So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them male and female he created them.' Genesis 1:27 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1

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