This document discusses how God created humanity in His image but humanity fell into sin. It covers how Jesus came to restore God's image in humanity and free us from sin. It also discusses how through faith in Christ and the Holy Spirit, God is transforming believers now into Christ's image. The church has a role to partner with Christ in helping others experience this restoration process physically, mentally, and spiritually.

1. Lesson 1

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“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

3. All one has to do is look
around, at the world, at
the neighborhood, at
oneself, to see the point.
And the point is? Some-
thing is terribly wrong.
It’s called the Fall.
It’s called sin. It’s called
rebellion, and it’s called
the great controversy.
And yet, the good news is that it’s not permanent. It’s not going to last forever. Jesus came,
died for the sins of the world, and promised to come again. And when He does, nothing of
this world will remain. Instead, a new kingdom, His eternal kingdom, will begin. “And in the
days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destro-
yed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume
all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever” Dan. 2:44, NKJV. What a restoration!

4. But we don’t have to wait until the Second Coming for the restoration to
begin. Those who are in Christ are a new creation now 2 Cor. 5:17, and we
are predestined to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus now Rom. 8:29.
Also, He calls us and empowers us, as His church, so that we can work
toward the restoration of others as well .

5. “So God created man in His own image; in
the image of God He created him; male and
female He created them.” (Genesis 1:27)
Man was not created equal to God but “in His
image.” Man reflected the Creator in every
aspect.
IMAGE
Spiritual
Intellectual
Physical
Deuteronomy
6:5
Heart
Soul
Strength
1
Thessalonians
5:23
Spirit
Soul
Body
God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit (three
persons in one). Man was created ‘Ish
(male) and ‘Ishsah (female), and they were
only one: Adam (Genesis 5:2; 2:23-24).

6. “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to
make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave
to her husband with her, and he ate.” (Genesis 3:6)
The act of disobedience in Genesis 3 had immediate
consequences. Which were they?
V. 7. They saw
they were
naked and
tried to fix
their problem
without asking
God for help.
V. 8-10. They
hid because
they were
afraid of
meeting their
Creator.
V. 12-13. They
blamed each
other and they
indirectly
blamed God.
V. 16. Women
would give
birth with
pain. There
were changes
in relationships
between men
and women.
V. 17-19.
Nature
changed. Men
would work
with effort and
pain. People
would die.

7. “And I will put enmity between
you and the woman, and between
your seed and her Seed; he shall
bruise your head, and you shall
bruise His heel.” (Genesis 3:15)
“Therefore, in all things He had to be made
like His brethren, that He might be a
merciful and faithful High Priest in things
pertaining to God, to make propitiation for
the sins of the people.” (Hebrews 2:17)
Sin put enmity between God and man.
Nevertheless, God deflected that enmity towards
Satan and He created a way to salvation for man,
atonement.
Jesus atoned—payed for—the sin of every human
being. That was God’s plan to restore what sin had
destroyed.
Jesus suffered the punishment our sins demand.
The requirements of the Law were satisfied. Our
sins are forgiven through confession and
repentance.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)

8. “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.”
(Colossians 1:15)
“Christ is the clear image of the Father, since both have the same character,
attributes and perfection. […] Adam and Eve were originally created in that image,
and the purpose of the salvation plan is to restore it in mankind.”
(SDA Bible Commentary).
“But we all, with
unveiled face, beholding
as in a mirror the glory
of the Lord, are being
transformed into the
same image from glory
to glory, just as by the
Spirit of the Lord.”
(2 Corinthians 3:18)
Christ must be “formed” in us to restore the image
of God (Galatians 4:19). That restoration will be
complete at the Second Coming, but we can be
transformed to His image little by little
from now on.

9. “Ever before Him, Christ saw the result of
His mission. His earthly life, so full of toil
and self-sacrifice, was cheered by the
thought that He would not have all this
travail for nought. By giving His life for the
life of men, He would restore in humanity
the image of God. He would lift us up from
the dust, reshape the character after the
pattern of His own character, and make it
beautiful with His own glory.”
E.G.W. (The Ministry of Healing, cp. 43, pg. 504)

10. “elect according to the foreknowledge of God the
Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for
obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus
Christ.” (1 Peter 1:2)
Which is our responsibility to
that privilege God offers?
Like the friends of the paralytic
who was brought down from the
ceiling (Mark 2:1-12), the church
is called to partner with Christ in
moving people toward being
restored in God’s image—
physically, mentally, and
spiritually.
God already knew His plan; He chose us to be forgiven
and restored. That way we can receive “life more
abundantly” from Jesus. (John 10:10).

11. “In the plan of restoring in men the divine
image, it was provided that the Holy Spirit
should move upon human minds, and be as the
presence of Christ, a molding agency upon
human character. Receiving the truth, men
become also recipients of the grace of Christ,
and devote their sanctified human ability to the
work in which Christ was engaged—men
become laborers together with God. It is to
make men agents for God, that divine truth is
brought home to their understanding. But I
would inquire of the church, Have you
answered this purpose? Have you fulfilled the
design of God in diffusing the light of divine
truth, in scattering abroad the precious jewels
of truth?”
E.G.W. (This Day With God, February 12)

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