Imago Dei (The Image of God) // Michelle Pearse
Genesis 1:24 NLT
And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31 NLT
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good
Genesis 1:26-27 NLT
26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
THE LORD GOD WAS PRESENT AT CREATION
Isaiah 45:18 NLT
For the Lord is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place.He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos.“I am the Lord,” he says, “and there is no other.
THE SON WAS PRESENT AT CREATION
John 1:1-4 &14 NLT
In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.The Word gave life to everything that was created,[a] and his life brought light to everyone.
So the Word became human[d] and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.[e] And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
THE SPIRIT WAS PRESENT AT CREATION
Genesis 1:2 NLT
And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:27 “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us”
The Image of God
EQUALITY
COMPASSION
‘If natural selection means the survival of the fittest and the sacrifice of the weakest, Christianity is about the sacrifice of the Fittest (Jesus Christ) for the survival of the weakest (us).’
The Air We Breathe - Greg Scrivener
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
‘Like a merciful ruler forgiving an enormous debt, like a merciful father restoring a wretched son, like a good Samaritan rescuing a dying man, Jesus is full of gut-wrenching love: “compassion”.
The Air We Breathe - Greg Scrivener
Image - Telemachus
The Image of God
EQUALITY
COMPASSION
GOOD WORKS
2 Corinthians 3:18
18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
Romans 1:20
20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
1. God created human beings in his image and said it was very good
2. Understanding the Imago Dei leads to belief in equality.
3. Belief in equality leads to compassion.
4. Compassion leads to good works.
5. Good works leads to others being awakened to the Imago Dei.
