I want to take a look at a couple passages of Scripture from Genesis 1:26-31 [RSV] and Genesis 2:7 [RSV]:
26. Then 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 birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the Earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the Earth." 27. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created Him; male and female He created them.
28. And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the Earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the Earth."
29. And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the Earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. 30. And to every beast of the Earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the Earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so. 31. And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
28. And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the Earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the Earth."
29. And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the Earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. 30. And to every beast of the Earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the Earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so. 31. And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
“ . . . then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.”
The fact that man holds a unique place in creation and that man was made in the image of God and has the capacity to know God proves that man is a singular creature in the eyes of the Lord. This establishes the fact that God is sovereign over the creation of human life.
Sadly, we are living in a world where human life has become a cheap commodity. It has become effortless to throw human life away before it ever appears in our world through abortion. And it is becoming easier to discard those individuals that are seen as worthless and as being a drain on society.
We are unique. The real trouble with the world today is that man does not know who he is and what he is; he does not realize his own greatness. For instance, the theory of evolution is an utter insult to man from the standpoint of the biblical account which clearly shows that man is great and glorious and wonderful in the mind and conception of God, and the place God placed man in the creation process.
Human beings are not a product of chance. We are specially created. God knows you! He knows your name! With the psalmist we can declare, “ . . . for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). This is what sets us apart. God created us and proclaimed us “very good.” Never forget that!
Human beings are not a product of chance. We are specially created. God knows you! He knows your name! With the psalmist we can declare, “ . . . for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). This is what sets us apart. God created us and proclaimed us “very good.” Never forget that!
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