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CREATION OF MAN
(Anthropology: Doctrine Of Man)
SECTION 1: CREATION OF MAN
1. Man Was Created From The Dust Of The Earth And With The Breath Of God
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
2. Woman Created From The Rib Of Man
Genesis 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
3. Man And Woman Were Created At The Beginning: Not Through Evolution
Mark 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Matthew 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
1. God Originally Made Man In His Own Image
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
2. Gospel Of Christ Gives The Image Of God
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
3. Jesus Is In The Image Of God
Colossians 1:14-16 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
Hebrews 1:1-3 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4. All Human After Adam Are Not In The Image Of God, They Are In The Image Of Adam
Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
* When God orginally created man, Adam was in the image of God. However, when Adam sinned, he lost the image of God.
5. Saved Man Is In The Image Of God
1 Corinthians 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
1 Corinthians 11:4-5 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
* Only saved man are in the image of God. Look at the context on verse 4 and verse 5 that shows that this verse is refering to saved christians
6. Saved Christians Are In The Image Of God
Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
* When we have the new man (new creature), we have the image of God)
SECTION 3: TRI-PARTHEID OF MAN
1. God Created Man With A Tri-partheid Being (With 3 Parts)
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
* Man was originally created with body, soul, spirit
* dust of the ground (body), breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (spirit), living soul (soul)
* God has also 3 parts: father (soul), son (body), holy spirit (spirit)
SECTION 4: CONTROL OF MAN
1. God Created Man With Control Of The Environment
Genesis 1:28-29 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Genesis 9:2-4 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
SECTION 5: FREEWILL OF MAN
1. God Created Man With Free Will
a. God Left The Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil There To Give Mankind a Choice
Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
b. God Gave Them a Choice To Do Evil Or Good
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
2. God Does Not Want Anyone To Burn In Hell
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
* The will of man can overpower the will of God
SECTION 6: INTELLIGENCE OF MAN
1. God Created Man With Intelligence
a. Adam Was Able To Name All The Animals
Genesis 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
b. Man Also Increased In Intelligence: Knows Good And Evil
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
c. When We Are Saved, We Have The Knowledge Of Spiritual Things
Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
SECTION 7: FELLOWSHIP OF MAN
1. God Created Man With Fellowman
a. God Wants Many Humans To Follow Them
Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
b. God Forbids Forsaking Fellowship: Thats Why We Have Church
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
SECTION 8: IMMORTALITY OF MAN
1. God Created Man With Immortality
a. God Created Man To Glorify Him For His Own Personal Joy
Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
b. Those Who Get Saved Has Immortality
Romans 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
c. Spirit Of Man Will Return To God
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
d. A Saved Person Soul Will Live Forever With God In Heaven
Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
e. Our Body Will Be Raised On Rapture
1 Corinthians 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.