Central Truth
MAN IS CREATED.
WHO MADE MANKIND?
GOD PERSONALLY AND SPECIALLY CREATED MANKIND.
Glory
Hebrew term -- idea of "weightiness," indicating value and worth (e.g. gold), and honor.
Greek term -- brightness, magnificence, splendor, and even beauty.
God's glory: His supreme worthiness (over all false gods; over all created things) and His brilliance, magnificence, splendor, and beauty. So He is deserving of honor, respect, and reverence (even fear), as well as praise, adoration, and devotion.
'Then God said, “Let us make man in our 1, after our 2. And let them have 3 4 the fish of the sea and 4 the birds of the heavens and 4 the livestock and 4 all the earth and 4 every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” '
'Then God said, “Let us make man in our 1image, after our 2likeness. And let them have 3dominion 4over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” '
Genesis 1:26
MAN IN GOD'S IMAGE
WHAT DOES "MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD" MEAN?
GOD MADE MANKIND UNIQUE: WE HAVE SOME OF GOD'S OWN CHARACTERISTICS.
Wrath of God
Is His holy and righteous (just and right) indignation against sin and all that opposes Him and His sovereignty. God's wrath is not driven by His emotions but by His holiness and sovereign nature, from which He detests and must judge sin. His wrath is manifested in judgment.
So 1 2 man in his own 3,
in the 3 of 1 he 2 him;
4 and 5 he 2 them.
So 1God 2created man in his own 3image,
in the 3image of 1God he 2created him;
4male and 5female he 2created them.
Genesis 1:27
MAN'S PURPOSE.
WHY DID GOD MAKE MAN?
GOD CREATED MAN TO RULE THE EARTH AND GLORIFY HIM.
Grace
His undeserved, unmerited, unearned (and un-earnable) favor;
this also refers to his benevolence and kindness
'And God 1 them. And God said to them, “Be 2 and 3 and 4 the earth and 5 it, and have 6 7 the fish of the sea and 7 the birds of the heavens and 7 every living thing that moves on the earth.” '
'And God 1blessed them. And God said to them, “Be 2fruitful and 3multiply and 4fill the earth and 5subdue it, and have 6dominion 7over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” '
Genesis 1:28
MAN'S CONSTITUTION.
WHAT IS MAN MADE OF?
GOD MADE MAN WITH BOTH A PHYSICAL BODY AND IMMATERIAL SOUL.
Salvation
A term covers the entire program of God's sovereign work of saving sinners. It's a gracious (grace alone) deliverance from sin and death by Christ's sinless life and atoning, sacrificial death and resurrection, the provision of new, eternal life.
It is proclaimed in the gospel, appropriated by faith alone in Christ alone and includes the sinner's justification, sanctification and glorification.
'then the Lord God 1 the man of 2 from the 3 and 4 into his nostrils the 5 of 6, and the man became a 7 creature. '
'then the Lord God 1formed the man of 2dust from the 3ground and 4breathed into his nostrils the 5breath of 6life, and the man became a 7living creature.
Genesis 2:7
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
WHY DID GOD MAKE MEN AND WOMEN?
GOD MADE MEN AND WOMEN TO EACH FULFILL DISTINCT ROLES.
Worship
to ascribe worth; to acknowledge and ascribe majesty and greatness; to give honor and praise to
God as he deserves and as He prescribes in his Word
John 4:24 -- True worship
Therefore a man shall 1 his father and his mother and 2 3 to his wife, and they shall become 4 5.
Therefore a man shall 1leave his father and his mother and 2hold 3fast to his wife, and they shall become 4one 5flesh.
Genesis 2:24