Mar 26 - In God's Image

Read Genesis 1:26-31

Context: God has completed five days of creation. On the sixth day, he has already created the living creatures: wild animals, livestock, and creatures that move along the ground.

Text:
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. (NIV)

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There has been a lot of controversy through the years over this passage. What does it really mean to be made in the likeness and image of God? Looking up the original language doesn't help much...the Hebrew words are defined pretty simply as 'likeness' and 'image or likeness of', respectively.

This week we are looking at what it means to be made in the image of God. I'm looking forward to what Steve has to teach us!