Series:             Systematic Theology Part 2
Title:               The Creation of Man
Purpose:          To examine why God created us and how He made us like Himself.
Date:               February 16, 2025
 
 I.                The use of the word man to refer to the human race
 
II.              Why was man created?
 
A.    God did not need to create man, yet He created us for His own glory
 
B.    What is our purpose in life?
 
III.            Man and the image of God
 
A.    The meaning of “the image of God”
 
B.    The fall:  God’s image is distorted by our sin nature but not lost
 
C.    Redemption in Christ: a progressive recovering of more of God’s image
 
D.    At Christ’s return: Complete restoration of God’s image
 
E.     Specific aspects of our likeness to God - more like God than like the rest of His creation 
 
1.     Moral aspect
 
2.     Spiritual aspects 
 
3.     Mental aspects
 
4.     Relational aspects
 
5.     Physical aspects
 
F.     Our great dignity as bearers of God’s image