Keep this in mind… Throughout our journey through Genesis let us keep in mind: the more we learn of His Heritage the more we learn of our inheritance.
Today’s Passage: Genesis 1:26-31
Today’s Message: God created a desire to devote .
1. God . (Genesis 1:26-27)
a. What did God say so far based on Genesis 1? We learn that God always accomplishes what He says. Therefore, we are not to but to God’s Word come to fulfillment. For God’s Word !
b. “Let us” have been viewed in 5 ways:
- Reference to the
- Highlighting
- (not the God of the Bible).
c. Old Testament Quotations and Allusions in the New Testament:
- Created in His likeness in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:24)
- Renewed in knowledge in the lioness of our Creator. (Colossians 3:10)
- In the context of taming our tongue (or lack of it), we are to respect our fellow image bearers. (James 3:9)
2. God . (Genesis 1:28)
a. God us.
b. The first three commands in God’s blessing is in regards to the.
c. The last commands in God’s blessing is in regard to our .
d. In the New Testament we see this command in a more full sense in (Matthew 28:18-20).
2. God . (Genesis 1:29-31)
a. God provides food for all creation.
b. God closes His account of Creation and makes an elaborated response to let us know what He thinks: All of creation was good, but when He created man He thought it was
c. What are we to do when we fail to see evidence of God’s provision and care? We are to remember we live and rely on, not on bread alone (Matthew 4:4).
Conclusion:
Our desire is not to be cut short to a wish but to press on and be experienced in devotion. Listen! God created you to live out in HIs image and likeness. We know how to do this much more concrete because Christ laid down His own life and raised from the grave to raise us to new life so we can walk in Christlikeness. He commissioned you to employ you to be faithful husband, wives, parents, children, friends, and neighbor. To rule the world in His desire to see everyone come to Christ and find life in His name. God cares for you as He gives and takes away. In the moments we feel abandoned let us remember today He cares. He was tempted like us but did not give in to the test of the sin. We did. Yet He gave us what we don’t deserve, redemption, rescue, power to fight, because He is paved the way, made the way, and is the Way.
God created in you a desire to devote in Him.