Family Foundations
This week we're talking about the imiportance of the family in God's plan. Our main focus will be on the first verses in Genesis 1, where I point out that the idea of humans being the "image of God" applies to our relationships, including our families, as well as to our individual lives.
Outline
- Launching a new series
- Why focus on family stories in Genesis?
- Key verses in Genesis
- Genesis 1 & 2 - in the Beginning
- Then God said, let us make humankind - ADAM = Humankind,...Dirt
- God created humankind in his own image... HIM and THEM
- The Lord God formed a man
- It is not good for the man to be alone
- God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep
- This is now bone of my bones
- Summarizing some key truths
- Humanity is created in God's image
- God's image applies to persons-in-relationship
- The image of God involves resemblance to Him
- The image of God involves relationship to Him
- The image of God involves repreenting Him in this world
- God aims to rebuild theimage marred by sin
- Imaging with Joe