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CORE CONCEPT: God’s design for creation was
, , and .
CORE VERSE: Matthew 5:48 (Never read one Bible verse.)
What’s the context (vv. 43-45)?
What’s the key word in this verse?
What’s the Old Testament allusion?
CORE CONTENT: Genesis 1:10, 12, 18, 25, 26-27, & 31
What do verses 10, 12, 18, 25, & 31 all have in common?
What does “ ” mean in this chapter?
imago dei
LOOKING AHEAD:
Romans 8.18-25 (esp. 22-23)
Matthew 6.10
SUMMARY
“The command is to be who God designed and desires you to be.”
“The command to be perfect is a command to make God’s future kingdom a present reality.”
MISCONCEPTION: God didn’t create the world as well as he should have.
If God is completely sovereign and powerful, then couldn’t He have created a world absent of sin and given us all the paradise we long for? Instead He allowed us to be born in sin. Psalm 51:5
ILLUMINATION: Humanity is responsible for sin and losing paradise, yet God is actively working to invite us back in. Romans 12.2; Ephesians 4.17-24; 5.1 (also Revelation 22.1-3)
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THOT QUESTIONS:
· What do people usually mean when they say someone is a “good person.” Is it possible to be morally perfect? Why?
· What does being made in the “image and likeness of God” tell us about what God thinks about us and what our purpose is? (Who made you? Does God make mistakes?)
CORE CONCEPT: God’s design for creation was
goodness, beauty, and perfection.
CORE VERSE: Matthew 5:48 (Never read one Bible verse.)
What’s the context (vv. 43-45)?
What’s the key word in this verse?
τέλος G5046 - teleios
properly, brought to its end, finished; lacking nothing necessary to completeness;
substantively (as a noun), that which is perfect: consummate human integrity and virtue, Romans 12:2 (others take it here as an adjective belonging to θέλημα); the perfect state of all things
of men, full-grown, adult; of full age, mature
What’s the Old Testament allusion?
1Pe 1:15-16 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
Lev 19:2 Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy,* for I the LORD your God am holy.*
*H6918 – qadowsh / kä·dōshe' --sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart
“The command is to be who God designed and desires you to be.”
CORE CONTENT: Genesis 1:10, 12, 18, 25, 26-27, & 31
What do verses 10, 12, 18, 25, & 31 all have in common?
What does “good” mean in this chapter?
imago dei
- refers to the unique imprint God placed upon humanity, identifying people as a special creation. http://www.religionfacts.com/imago-dei
1923a צֶלֶם (ṣelem) image.
Used sixteen times. The Aramaic is used similarly in Dan 2 and 3. The word basically refers to a representation, a likeness. Five times it is used of man as created in the image of God. Twice it is used of the golden copies of the mice and swellings that afflicted the Philistines (I Sam 6:5, 11 and see ʿōpel). Mostly it refers to an idol.[1]
1823 דְּמוּת [dâmuwth /dem·ooth/] LIKENESS [2]To be like, resemble; to become like; to compare, liken
[1] R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, eds., Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Chicago: Moody Press, 1999), 767.
[2] James Strong, Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon (Woodside Bible Fellowship, 1995).
LOOKING AHEAD:
Romans 8.18-25 (esp. 22-23)
22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. (NKJV)
22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. 24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. (NLT)
Matthew 6.10 on earth as it is in heaven
SUMMARY
“The command is to be who God designed and desires you to be.”
“The command to be perfect is a command to make God’s future kingdom a present reality.”
MISCONCEPTION: God didn’t create the world as well as he should have.
If God is completely sovereign and powerful, then couldn’t He have created a world absent of sin and given us all the paradise we long for? Instead He allowed us to be born in sin. Psalm 51:5
ILLUMINATION: Humanity is responsible for sin and losing paradise, yet God is actively working to invite us back in. Romans 12.2; Ephesians 4.17-24; 5.1 (also Revelation 22.1-3)
THOT QUESTIONS:
· What do people usually mean when they say someone is a “good person.” Is it possible to be morally perfect? Why?
· What does being made in the “image and likeness of God” tell us about what God thinks about us and what our purpose is? (Who made you? Does God make mistakes?)
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Genesis 1:26–31. function of people. ...In the ancient Near East, the gods created for themselves—the world was their environment for their enjoyment and existence. People were created only as an afterthought, when the gods needed slave labor to help provide the conveniences of life (such as irrigation trenches). In the Bible the cosmos was created and organized to function on behalf of the people that God planned as the centerpiece of his creation.
Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), Ge 1:26–31.
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Theopedia Imagio dei
Biblical narrative
Although the concept of the image of God is not treated at much length in the pages of Scripture, its chief appearance is in the New Testament, where an apparent problem has been solved. We shall look at some of the Scriptural evidence regarding this theme in order to see what we can say about the initial state, the problem, and its solution.
Image created
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.\ Gen. 1:26–27
The opening chapter of Genesis records for us that God created humanity "in the image of God". For centuries, theologians have debated precisely what it means to be "the image of God"; the majority interpretation has been in terms of spirituality, although other proposals have included dominion (intertestamental Judaism), original righteousness ( Luther) and even sexuality ( Barth)!^[1]^ However we interpret the idea of man's being in the image of God, it brings with it certain other facts, which may help to illumine what this idea means.
We are the image of God, and therefore we are to remain humble. No less of an issue in our modern day than in the author's, man has always desired to attain deity, seeking to declare himself more than he is. The Pharaohs of Egypt declared themselves the sons of the gods, and modern society can sound like the pagans of old, telling us to search for the god inside ourselves. But from the beginning, Genesis reminds us that we are created, and we are created as images. An image is never the same as the reality, and we are only the image because God is the ultimate reality.
We are the image of God, and therefore rule as his appointed representatives. The command to have dominion over creation and to subdue it is an explicitly-stated consequence of our role as the image of God. God, as Creator, is the Sovereign Lord of creation, and we, as his image, are his viceroys. And yet we are to rule as God himself would rule. There is no room here for a tyrannical ruling of creation; if the God who made us his viceroys is the God of all grace and compassion, then our rule over nature should reflect his rule.
We are the image of God, and therefore human beings are worthy of respect. We shall explore the development of this theme a little further later on, but it is the case that the creation story leaves us in no doubt: every human being is created in the image of God, without exception or distinction.
We are the image of God, and therefore murder is unconscionably evil. To destroy plant life would be wanton and careless, to destroy animal life, cruel. But to destroy the life of another human being is to destroy an image-bearer of God, an offence against the one whose image is borne. It is for this reason that the penalty for murder is given as death in Gen. 9:6.
https://www.theopedia.com/image-of-god
Also see:
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-image-of-god
https://www.gotquestions.org/image-of-God.html
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