3. Doctrine = a set of beliefs / instructions / principles
but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn
the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. Titus 2:9

4. 3 major doctrines:
1. God – TRUST GOD and have CONFIDENCE in Him
2. Men
3. Devil

9. And God said, let Us make man
in Our image, after Our likeness:
Gen 1:26

10. Then the Lord God formed a
man from the dust of the
ground and breathed into his
nostrils the breath(‫מת‬ַ‫ש‬ְׁ ‫נ‬ִ֣ ) of
life, and the man became a
living being. Gen 2:7

11. Breath (‫מת‬ַ‫ש‬ְׁ ‫נ‬ִ֣ ) = (neshamah) spirit, inspiration, soul
Job 32:8 But it is the spirit in a person, the
inspiration/breath(‫מת‬ַ‫ש‬ְׁ ‫נ‬ִ֣ ) of the Almighty, that
gives them understanding.
Pro 20:27 The spirit(‫מת‬ַ‫ש‬ְׁ ‫נ‬ִ֣ ) of man is the lamp of
the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.
Isa 57:16 For I will not fight against you forever; I
will not always be angry. If I were, all people
would pass away—all the souls(‫מת‬ַ‫ש‬ְׁ ‫נ‬ִ֣ ) I have
made.

12. God is spirit and created man with a spirit.
• Gives us understanding
• Searches our hearts
• Eternal (And the dust returns to the
earth as it was, and the spirit returns
to God who gave it. Ecc 12:7)

13. Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind. Gen 9:6
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with
it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s
likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.
My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Jam 3:9

14. Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind. Gen 9:6
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with
it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s
likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.
My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Jam 3:9
Love one another.

15. • Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image… let them
have dominion… over all the earth...”
• And God blessed them saying…
• And God said, “Behold I have given you every plant…
• And the Lord God… breathed into his nostrils…
• The Lord took man and put…
• And the Lord God commanded… “You may eat… but for
the tree of knowledge of good and evil…”
• The Lord God said, “It is not good that man should”
• And the Lord brought them to man…
• And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day,
• Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him,
“Where are you?”

16. Jesus is the perfect example of the
original human design.
• One: …just as We are one. John 17:22
• To do the will of God: My food is to do the will of
Him… John 4:34

17. Is power the answer?
Julius Caesar
“Our tyrant deserved to die.
Here was a man who wanted
to be king of the Roman
people and master of the
whole world.” Cicero

18. Is power the answer?
Joseph Stalin
He is remembered to this day
as the man who helped save
his nation from Nazi
domination—and as the mass
murderer of the century,
having overseen the deaths of
between 8 million and 10
million of his own people.
History Channel

19. Is fame and wealth the answer?
Tom Brady
“Why do I have three Super
Bowl rings and still think
there’s something greater
out there for me?”

20. The man who had it all.
Wealth

21. The man who had it all.
"The weight of gold that came to
Solomon YEARLY was six hundred and
sixty-six talents of gold, BESIDES what
the traveling merchants and traders
brought. And all the kings of Arabia
and governors of the country brought
gold and silver to Solomon."
(1Kings 10:14-15)
1 billion USD a year!
Wealth

22. The man who had it all.
Wealth
Power
1Ki 4:21 And Solomon reigned over
all kingdoms from the river unto the
land of the Philistines, and unto the
border of Egypt: they brought
presents, and served Solomon all
the days of his life.

23. The man who had it all.
Wealth
Power

24. The man who had it all.
Wealth
Power
For he was wiser than all men;
than Ethan the Ezrahite, and
Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda,
the sons of Mahol: and his fame
was in all nations round about.
1Kings 4:31
Fame

25. The man who had it all.
Wealth
Power
Fame
The words of the Preacher, the
son of David, king in Jerusalem.
“Vanity of vanities, says the
Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
Ecclesiates 1:2

26. Vanity, vanity!
Ecc 3:20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to
dust all return.
Ecc 4:16 Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecc 5:15 As he came from his mother's womb he shall go
again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil
that he may carry away in his hand.
Ecc 6:12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives
the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow?

27. Ecc 12:7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

28. Ecc 12:7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Whose

29. Ecc 12:7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Whose
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and
keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of
man. Ecc 12:13