Genesis 1:26-28, 31

Now the earth was formless and

empty, darkness was over the

surface of the deep, and the Spirit

of God was hovering over the

waters.

Day 1: Light and darkness

separated

Day 2: Sky and waters separated

Day 3: Dry land and seas

separated, plants and trees

Day 4: Sun, moon and stars

Day 5: Fish and birds

Day 6: Animals and man

Genesis 1:31-2:3 (ESV)31 And God saw everything that he had made,

and behold, it was very good. And there was

evening and there was morning, the sixth

day.

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were

finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on

the seventh day God finished his work that

he had done, and he rested on the seventh

day from all his work that he had done. 3 So

God blessed the seventh day and made it

holy, because on it God rested from all his

work that he had done in creation.

• God finished His work, He rested.

• Man’s first day on earth, he rested.

Not worked.• Was there work for man to do? Yes.

God blessed them; and God said to them,

“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,

and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the

sea and over the birds of the sky and over

every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:28, NASB)

What does it say about God?

What does God want us to know about

Himself?

• I am your Creator. (Rev 4:11)

“… for you created all things, and by your

will they existed and were created.”

• I sustain all things. You can depend

on Me. (Acts 17:25)

“ … he himself gives to all mankind life and

breath and everything.”

• I created you for My own glory. (Is 43:7)

“ .. everyone who is called by my name,

whom I created for my glory, whom I formed

and made.”

• I rejoice over you. (Is 62:5; Zeph 3:17)

“ .. and as the bridegroom rejoices over the

bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.”

“ .. he will exult over you with loud singing.”

HOW IS YOUR

RELATIONSHIP WITH

GOD TODAY?

Jesus said:

I am the way and

the truth and the

life. No one

comes to the

Father except

through me.

Genesis 1:26-27 (NASB)26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our

image, according to Our likeness; and let

them rule over the fish of the sea and over

the birds of the sky and over the cattle and

over all the earth, and over every creeping

thing that creeps on the earth.”27 God created man in His own image, in the

image of God He created him; male and

female He created them.

What does it say about man?

What does God want us to know about

ourselves?

• Man is made in the image of God. Definition: The fact that man is in the image of

God means that man is like God and represents

God. (Wayne Grudem)

• Think about this: When the Creator of the

universe wanted to create something “in his

image”, something more like himself than all the

rest of creation, he made us.

• Man is created in a special, personal

way. (Gen 2:7, 21-22)“then the LORD God formed the man of dust from

the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath

of life, and the man became a living creature.”

“And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the

man he made into a woman and brought her to the

man.”

• Men and women are made equally in

God’s image.o equally important,

o equally valuable to God

• Men and women have distinct roles.

(Gen 2:15, 18)Then the LORD God took the man and put him into

the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.

Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man

to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for

him.”

God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be

fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and

subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and

over the birds of the sky and over every living thing

that moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:28, NASB)

HOW CAN YOU LIVE

OUT GOD’S DESIGN

FOR YOUR LIFE?

Jesus said:Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is

that bears much fruit, for apart

from me you can do nothing.

HOW CAN I LIVE

OUT GOD’S DESIGN

FOR MY LIFE?

HOW IS MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH

GOD TODAY?

FIRST THINGS FIRST