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Intro:
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Some provocative thoughts in there.
What is my self-image, self worth, my identity based on?
In short, too often we have to ask:
Who Am I?
Christians contend that the fundamental expression of our identity is found in being made as image bearers of God.
Notice we begin with “I” on all of those.
They are identifiers.
Let’s break this into three parts.
“Let Us”
Discovering that God is in community: Father, Son & Spirit.
So are we.
Note how we describe ourselves:
When you meet someone, we share basic facts about ourselves.
Name, job, where I’m from, my family, maybe hobbies or interests.
Notice we begin with “I” on all of those.
They are identifiers.
I am a father, husband, pastor.
All about me, but in context of relationships.
Without our relationships, we lack identity.
We were made for community.
From the very beginning, we were made to have a full and biblical identity among a group of people who share a love for God and others.
“Our Image”
What does it mean to be made in God’s image.
Clearly it’s not referring to our physical nature.
God is spirit ().
Lots of debate about this but here’s what we can say we uniquely share with God:
We Are Creative
We’re studying the very foundation of creative activity by God.
He made us to be creative.
We create all the time:
We surround ourselves with art, music, fashion, we consume vast quantities of created work.
eph 2:10
We reflect God’s image in our creativity.
We Are Aware of Time
We are all aware of time.
All the time.
We break time into discrete units like days, weeks, months, years, centuries, etc.
to keep track of the past, to use our day and to plan our future.
No other animal is aware of time like human beings.
As we discussed last week, God put a “stake” in creation with “beginning.”
It gave us a starting place.
We’ve measured progress throughout creation by time.
At the same time (see what I did there?)
God, who is above and beyond time, made us like him: To long for eternity.
We Gather For Communal Eating
Many creatures gather for feeding frenzies.
But they’re not like the meals we share as humans.
None other sets a time for food, sets a table, decorates, etc.
As you move through the Bible, you’ll see over and over again, that there are lots of meals and they are all spiritually significant.
Jesus promised the first thing we’ll all do in the new creation is feast!
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Jesus also formulated our worship around a meal.
We Use Language
God’s Image in Our Everyday Life
When we synthesize all the ways we are like God, we discover that we most reflect Him in our everyday activity.
Deut 6:
We were designed to live every moment to reflect the nature of God.
“Dominion”
God designed us to rule over creation.
Not dominate, but dominion.
Exercise authority, to make a world.
It is our divine right and responsibility.
We have done exactly that: We make art, cities, communities, technology, medicine.
All the elements of human creation reflect to some extent the glory and intent of our Creator.
Unfortunately, as we will see next week, our image-bearing status was damaged by rebellion, sin.
Now all we make carries a label: a blessing, but cursed.
Now imagine all that made right, good and whole.
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Conclusion:
What difference does all this make?
Remember that you are most like God in the everyday moments of life.
Going to the store, driving the kids to school, making dinner, talking with a friend on the phone.
We already do these things.
Let’s take one of these characteristics of God: Time, Language, Art, Meals and make more community out of them.
Have dinner with friends.
Experience an event with your family.
Build or make something with the kids or grandkids.
Cook with your family.
Remember, we are most like God in the everyday moments.
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