2. What is this series all about
In this series I hope to present a Biblical worldview in
support of human dignity and true personhood.
I hope to encourage you to live your life to the fullest
by discovering, understanding, and using your gifts
and natural abilities in everyday life.
I hope to challenge you to share with others their
intrinsic value to both God and mankind.
To make you smile, and encourage your soul.
3. Questions?
• What identities do Americans try to imitate?
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• Who (or) what are the trend setters for our society?
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4. • (1 Peter 2:8-10) The problem
• 8 And, “He (Jesus) is the stone that makes people stumble, the
rock that makes them fall.”
• They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so
they meet the fate that was planned for them.
• 9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You
are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession
(peculiar people). As a result, you can show others the
goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his
wonderful light.
• 10 “Once you had no identity as a people;
now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now
you have received God’s mercy.” (1 Peter 2:8-10)
6. (Genesis 1:26-27)
• 26 Then God said, "Let
Us make man in Our
image, according to Our
likeness; and let them
rule over the fish of the
sea and over the birds
of the sky and over the
cattle and over all the
earth, and over every
creeping thing that
creeps on the earth."
7. • 27 God created man
in His own image, in
the image of God He
created him; male and
female He created
them. (Genesis 1:26-
27)
8. God’s attributes = God’s Image
• Language Immortality
• Creativity Freedom
• Love Intelligence
• Holiness Humor
9. • The reason why Christians
are so involved in:
• Abortion debate
• Global mission projects
• Campaigns to end world hunger & Slavery
• Drug rehabilitation programs
• Prison ministries
• Orphanages and children's homes
• The assisted suicide debate
• Counseling and intervention programs
• And any other “socio-political” activism out there.
• Is because of we honestly believe every person on planet earth is made in
the “image of God”, and God’s image needs to be seen, not destroyed.
10. GOD
Mankind
All other created things
Elements, Plants, & Animals
11. So, if I’m made in the image of God
than… these thoughts must be
untrue:
• That I’m nothing special.
You uniquely carry certain characteristics of God different
from any other person.
God created you with the purpose of making his image
known in the world. You are so special in fact that know one
else was fit for the job. He had to make you special in order
for His image to be more fully and accurately displayed.
Humans are different from any other created thing in the
universe. We were the ones made in the image of God.
12. So, if I’m made in the image of God
than… these thoughts must be
untrue:
• That I’m a mistake.
If you are alive on this earth, you aren’t a mistake.
You were purposed by God. Colossians 1:16
God doesn’t design mistakes, he only designs
solutions. You are a created solution to the problem.
You weren’t designed to be the problem.
13. STEP ONE
• The First step to
understanding
who you are, is
to Discover Who
God is. “The
imago Dei.”
