This document explores what it means for humans to be created in the image and likeness of God, as described in Genesis 1:26. It references several Bible passages about humanity's creation from dust, God breathing life into humans, humans being lower than heavenly beings but having eternity in their hearts. The document examines the dual nature of humans as physical beings that die but also having immortal souls, and what it means for humans to gain the world but forfeit their souls. The overall message is to understand humanity's relationship to God by examining what the Bible says about being created in God's image.

1. In the
Likeness
God
of

3. “He formed
it to be
inhabited!”
— Isaiah 45.18

5. “Let us make man
in our image, after our
likeness.”
Genesis 1.26

6. “Let us make man
in our image, after our
likeness.”
Genesis 1.26

7. “Let us make man
in our image, after our
likeness.”
Genesis 1.26

8. “I praise you, for I am
fearfully and
wonderfully made.”
— Psalm 139.14

14. “Let us make man
in our image, after our
likeness.”

16. “For God knows that
when you eat of it
your eyes will be
opened, and you will
be like God, knowing
good and evil.”
— Genesis 3.5

17. “and you have said,
‘I am a god’ . . .
Yet you are but a man,
and no god”
— Ezekiel 28.2

18. “The voice of a god
and not a man!”
“because he did not
give God the glory”
— Acts 12.21-23

19. “We also are men, of
like nature with you”
— Acts 14.14-15

21. “we ought not to think
that the divine being is
like gold or silver or
stone”
— Acts 17.29

22. “God is spirit”
— John 4.24

23. “To the King of ages,
immortal, invisible”
— 1 Timothy 1.17

25. “Then Jehovah 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.”
— Genesis 2.7

26. “But for Adam there
was not found a
helper fit for him.”
— Genesis 2.19-20

27. “Yet you have made
him a litter lower than
the heavenly beings”
— Psalm 8.5

28. “Let us make man
in our image, after our
likeness.”

31. “and the dust returns
to the earth as it was,
and the spirit returns
to God who gave it.”
— Ecclesiastes 12.7

32. “till you return to the
ground, for out of it
you were taken; for
you are dust, and to
dust you shall return.”
— Genesis 3.19

34. “And just as it is
appointed for man to
die once, and after
that comes judgment”
— Hebrews 9.27

35. “And as her soul was
departing (for she was
dying)”
— Genesis 35.18

36. “He has put eternity
into man’s heart”
— Ecclesiastes 3.11

37. “For what will it profit
a man if he gains the
whole world and
forfeits his soul? Or
what shall a man give
in return for his soul?”
— Matthew 16.26

38. “For what will it profit
a man if he gains the
whole world and
forfeits his soul? Or
what shall a man give
in return for his soul?”
— Matthew 16.26

39. Compiled and Presented by:
Fellowship with God Dave Stewart
Man 3 May 2009
Las Cruces, NM
#01 www.churchofchristmiranda.com
In the Likeness of God
Genesis 1.26
Synopsis: Understanding that God is and that the Bible is His Word, we
begin to ask the question “Who is man?” In this lesson, we examine the
creation of man and what it means to be made in the image and likeness
of God.
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