Memorise: So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God created he him; male
and female created he them. Genesis
1:27
Read:
Genesis 1:24-31
Genesis 1:24-31 (NIV)
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals
according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and
all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then
God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole
earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours
for food. 30 And
to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the
creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of
life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Bible in one year: Numbers 27:12-29:40, Psalms
148
MESSAGE!!!
Man is the major
miracle of the sixth day of creation. On this day, God decided to create the
chief of all His creations – man. This was in order to make man the overseer of
His created order. God is the most perfect Creator and Administrator of both
animate and inanimate creation. However, as the perfect Administrator who knew
the magnitude of the universe He had created, He decided to make a “small” god
(a similitude of Himself) to rule the earth on His behalf (Psalm 82:1-6, John
10:34). To be called “gods” is marvellous; it is indeed a miracle to make a
“god” out of the dust of the earth.
“And 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 fowl of the air, and over the
cattled and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepth upon
the earth.”
Genesis 1:26
God created man in His
own image, blessed man and inaugurated the dominion of man over all other
creations. However, this was not without
clear-cut instructions on how man
should exercise his dominion. This, of course, is where the first couple missed
it when they craved for unlimited dominion (Genesis 3:5-6). It is unfortunate
that the 21st century man is guiltier of this than any other
generation before them. it is even more unfortunate that the 21st
century Church is guiltier of exercising unlimited freedom, thinking that Jesus
Christ saved us into lawlessness and unguided freedom. This is the reason why
human beings must live up to God’s expectation as gods to other creations.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ asked rhetorically.
“What shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, that grace
may abound? God forbid. How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer
therein?”
Romans 6:1-2
We must jealously
guard our position in God’s creation and redemption. Our first parents lost it;
we found it in Christ, so we must be careful not to take the grace of salvation
for granted any more. The divine assessment of the entire six day effort is:
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good…. “Every
perfect thing that has gone bad in your life will be restored today in Jesus’
name.
Action Point
Find out those things that God declared good in
your life that have gone bad. Pray that God who redeemed you will restore those
good things today in Jesus’ name.
