Meet Your MakerPart 2 | More Evidence And The Moral Question 30 Aug

WHERE DID WE COME FROM?

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
– Genesis 1:1 NLT

26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” 27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
– Genesis 1:26-27 NLT

“A pig is a dog is a rat is a boy.”
– PETA co-founder Ingrid Newkirk

Latin: Imago Dei
“Image of God”

The Image of God:

1. We’re born with a moral compass.

14 Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. 15 They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. 16 And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life.
– Romans 2:14-16 NLT

“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust?  A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.”
– CS Lewis, Mere Christianity

“Man is the only animal that blushes….”
– Mark Twain, “Pudd’nhead Wilson’s New Calendar”

The Image of God:

1. We’re born with a moral compass.
2. We have the ability to make moral choices.

“If you really believe that yourself, or if you wonder if that’s really true, just ask yourself if you would have a chimpanzee babysit one of your children…. Would you date one? Would you… hold one morally accountable for its behavior?”
– John Ortberg, https://biologos.org/articles/does-science-disprove-faith

6 “Why are you so angry?” the Lord asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected? 7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
– Genesis 4:6-7 NLT

The Image of God:

1. We’re born with a moral compass.
2. We have the ability to make moral choices.
3. We enjoy beauty.

1 The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. 2 Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. 3 They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. 4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
– Psalm 19:1-4 NLT

The Image of God:

1. We’re born with a moral compass.
2. We have the ability to make moral choices.
3. We enjoy beauty.
4. He died for us.

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
– John 3:36 NIV

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
– Romans 6:23 NLT

Action Steps:

• Know God
• Pursue community
• Give generously

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