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The Nature of Humanity
Were are now up to our 7th study in our series We Believe.
I find this one very interesting in the fact that today we explore the idea of what it means to be “in the image of God.
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He was a dirty old tramp.
Socks poked through holes in his shoes.
Patches on his pants hung loose.
A threadbare coat afforded little protection from the cold.
Elbows protruded through his sleeves.
Weeks of beard clung matted to his chin.
Tobacco stains showed clearly on his teeth.
He leaned heavily on a stick as he shuffled down the street, when suddenly a shiny, black limousine drew up.
The richest man in the city called out, "Come here.
I've got a question for you."
The tramp came close.
"Would you like to wear fine clothes like mine?
If so, jump into mg car, and I'll give it all to you.'
Overjoyed, the tramp got into the car.
Off they went together to the finest residential district and the costliest house in town.
'Here we are," said the host.
"Mg servants will fix you up.
I must leave, but they will carry out my instructions."
The master left, and a smiling young man stepped up to the tramp.
"My master has told me to give you the best of everything.
Follow me.
The first thing we will do will be to clean you up.
You will need a bath.
Please give me your coat.
A bath!
The words struck terror to the tramp.
He hadn't had a bath in years.
Fear flashed in his eyes.
'I've worn this coat for nine gears.
You can't make me take it off now."
The young man smiled kindly.
"Please take off your rags.
Then you can enjoy a nice, warm bath.
After that I have some beautiful clothes for you.
The tramp felt insulted.
His face was livid with anger.
The servant had called his precious possessions rags.
What an insult!
"How dare you call my clothes rags!
Your master told me I could have new clothes.
He didn't say anything about throwing these away."
"l have told you only what my master requires," said the servant quietly.
"If you refuse, you must leave this house.
This fabulous opportunity may never be offered to you again.
That is all."
His voice carried an air of finality.
That tramp is a lot like us.
He typifies human nature.
Before we can wear the garments of Christ's righteousness, we must take off our rags, every one of them.
We must be willing to receive a thorough cleansing.
God says,
God is waiting to give us the treasures of heaven—to transform us into His divine image.
Are we willing to take off our filthy rags and let Him clean us up?
Please, let's get the rags off—quickly
Preview
God didn't speak Adam into existence as He did all other forms of life.
No, like a master sculptor, He formed him with His loving hands and then breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.
Taking a rib from Adam, with it God perform His last act of the creation and made Adam’s beautiful companion, woman.
So we are made in the image of God! What an honor!
And God used the dust of the ground—not other forms of life like a sea creature or a monkey—to create us.
There's a clear distinction between us and other species of animals.
We are called the sons of God.
If you read from verse 23 in that chapter, it’s the lineage of Christ.
Starts with Joseph and ends with Adam.
If we are created in His image and have faith in Jesus we can claim the right to be called a son of God.
God gave Adam and Eve dominion over everything on earth, including all animal life.
As long as they depended on the Creator's love, they would live in a perfect world.
Lets pause a moment to marvel at God's tremendous creative genius.
Take, for example, the design of our lowly foot.
It has 26 bones with 36 different joints tied together with tough tendons to a mass of about 50 muscles that act with split-second coordination.
These bones form three arches—two running lengthwise and one across the instep—to provide a natural, elastic spring that absorbs severe jolts when we run, walk, or jump.
We probably walk about eight miles a day.
If a person weighs 125 pounds, the total impact is about 594 tons a day on each foot.
What punishment our feet have taken 365 dags for each year we've been walking!
Evolutionists have difficulty explaining how human feet gradually changed from some animal foot, and how humans learned to walk on two feet instead of four, accomplishing the art of balancing on just one foot as we walk.
Points to Ponder
1. God created perfect people in His image and placed them in a perfect home.
But now this earth is in a terrible mess with no perfect people in it.
Why? God chose to give these perfect beings the power of choice.
They could love Him or turn away from Him.
His love demanded that He take that risk.
Sadly, the highest angel, Lucifer, became proud.
Dissatisfied with his position, he coveted God's own place.
His discontent spread until finally, he and one-third of the angels rebelled, and God had to cast them out of heaven.
2. Under the guise of a serpent, how did Satan deceive Eve?
He lied to her—and she believed him.
Unbelief in the Word of God led Eve to disobey God, share her doubts with Adam, and break the beautiful relationship they had known with God.
3. What are the consequences of sin?
Separation between God and human beings.
Enmity between human beings.
Death, not only of human beings, but in nature as well.
Think for a moment what must have gone on in the mind of God at that time.
He had made this supremely beautiful world, watched as Satan inhabited the serpent and then Eve was tempted and succumbed to evil.
As this progressed He knew how this new world would be destroyed.
Have you considered the love and restraint that God exhibited during that time?
To let this all happen and not do anything about it.
God has been sacrificing for us since the beginning.
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