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The Making of Man

Sunday 23 February 2025 Pastor Craig Ledbetter Genesis 1:26-31
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I. Introduction

A. Genesis chapter 1 is a true record of events at the beginning of time

  1. It is a record of what God created, how long it took Him to create it all, and WHY He created everything
  2. It is scientifically true - Even though it is hard to fully understand
  3. It contradicts most everything evolutionists BELIEVE, but not what science has discovered
  4. As a matter of fact, being a Bible believer makes a better scientist out of you, not dumber
  5. The very existence of this universe is impossible without a Creator!

B. Genesis is deep in meaning - it is the foundation for the entire Bible

  1. It answers, Where sin came from?
  2. How sin has affected and ruined all of life
  3. How much trouble we are in with God
  4. How God made a way to be restored / saved from righteous judgments
  5. What the pattern is for everything that is important:
    • Like, the value of human life, above all other life
    • The definition of a family, and marriage
    • The limit of genders: only Male and Female
    • The need for governments and authorities and how they should operate
    • And 300 more absolute truths

II. Review So Far (Genesis 1:1-25)

A. Day One - The Creation of an empty Universe, an empty Earth, and Light (1:1-5)

B. Day Two - The Firmament of air and space around the earth (1:6-8)

C. Day Three - Dry Land, and Land-based Life (1:9-13)

D. Day Four - The Sun, Moon and Stars (1:14-19)

E. Day Five - All Sea and Air Life (1:20-23) - birds came before dinosaurs

F. Day Six - All Land-Based Creatures (1:23-25) - including dinosaurs

G. But God has one more thing to make before He is finished…

III. Message

A. It is Still Day Six

  1. Throughout the night, animals, cattle, dinosaurs, insects have been created
  2. But now, early in the morning, God speaks again
  3. It will be the last thing God creates - and according to God, it is the most valuable
  4. And says something He has not said before

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” - Genesis 1:26

  • Let Us make MAN - not just a single man, but manKIND!
  • With OUR likeness
  • Having OUR image
  • And having Dominion over the entire earth

B. So, WHO is God Talking to? (Genesis 1:26)

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” - Genesis 1:26

  1. Let’s just consider for a moment who God is talking to

    • Some people think it’s just a “royal we”
    • Some people think that God is speaking to a divine council
    • Some people think that God is speaking to the angels
    • And then there are those of us who believe that God is speaking to Himself - to the Godhead - the Trinity

  2. One God, Three Persons

    • God is ONE God

“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM…” - Exodus 3:14

“Know ye that the LORD he alone is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves…” - Psalm 100:3

  • And yet Jesus is God

“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever…” - Hebrews 1:8

  • God alone is the only Saviour

“I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.” - Isaiah 43:11

  • And yet Jesus is the only Saviour

“…the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” - Titus 2:13

  • God created the entire universe

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” - Genesis 1:1

  • And yet Jesus created everything there is

“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible…” - Colossians 1:15,16

  • And the Spirit of God was at work in the beginning as well

“And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” - Genesis 1:2

  • That makes THREE Persons in One God!
  1. So, The Father is God, Jesus is God, and the Holy Spirit is God!
  2. The Trinity - Tri-Unity of God - the Godhead

C. Made in the Image of God

  1. What does it mean to be made in God’s image?

    • We have a spirit, soul, and body - like the Trinity
    • We have the capacity for relationship
    • We have creativity and intelligence
    • We have moral awareness
    • We have the ability to love

  2. This gives every human being infinite worth and dignity

    • Regardless of age, ability, or appearance
    • From conception to death
    • This is why murder is wrong
    • This is why abortion is wrong
    • This is why euthanasia is wrong

D. Given Dominion Over the Earth

  1. Man was given authority over all creation
  2. We are stewards, not owners
  3. We answer to God for how we care for His creation

IV. Conclusion

A. You are not an accident - you were purposefully created by God

B. You are made in the image of God - you have infinite worth

C. You were made to have relationship with your Creator

D. Sin has damaged but not destroyed the image of God in you

E. Through Christ, that image can be fully restored!

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