Created in God's Image (Genesis 1:26-31)

Genesis 1:26-31

This week at Grace, we're continuing our series on the Image of God that we started on Easter Sunday.

Why do a series on the image of God? Because of the challenges you face in this world, including racism, the sanctity of life, shame, and questions of identity. The concept of the image of God shapes how we respond to each of these.

We're going back to the beginning this week, looking at Genesis 1:26-31: the creation of humanity in the image of God. This famous passage roots the identity of each person who has ever lived in God's image. I'm looking forward to discussing how that shapes our lives today.

Look forward to seeing you at Grace this Sunday!

In Christ,
Pastor Bob

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Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

So God created man in his own image,
    in the image of God he created him;
    male and female he created them.

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

-Genesis 1:26-31