We live in a time where identity is fluid, truth is personal (if it can be known at all), and even the question of “what does it mean to be human?” seems up for debate. From fears of AI replacing human workers, to cultural battles over gender, purpose, and personhood…it’s no wonder people feel confused, anxious, or just plain exhausted. The problem isn’t the questions we’re asking; it’s that so many are looking to the wrong places for the answers.

This Sunday, we continue our Rule of Faith series by returning to the beginning: God’s design for humanity. We’ll trace the story from creation to Christ to culmination. In a world that offers a thousand competing versions of the “true self,” Jesus offers the better way: himself. God the Son, incarnate, truly God and truly man, is the path to becoming truly human. Join us as we open God’s Word and rediscover our worth, our purpose, and our future in Christ.

Series: The Rule of Faith: Being human in God’s world

Jordan Coros

Message: Affirmation 2- Humanity

Harvest Bible Chapel

Text: Various

May 4, 2025

If your identity is based on anything that can change, you’re in trouble. That’s why being in Christ and being made in the image of God…are the foundation of any healthy, secure identity.

Greg Koukl

If I live by the Rule of Faith, I’ll know what it means to be truly human…

1) See God’s design (Genesis 1:26-28; Psalm 8:3-6)

Imago Dei - the image of God

2) Grieve our ruin (Genesis 3:4-13; Romans 1:21-25, 3:10-18)

Man is a glorious ruin.

- Francis Schaeffer

3) Believe in Jesus’ humanity (Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:14; Philippians 2:7-8)

Luke 2:52

Romans 5:19

4) Receive his grace (Hebrews 2:14-18; 4:15-16)

5) Reflect his image (2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 John 4:17)

SERIES RESOURCES

Humanity

Why God Makes Sense in a World that Doesn’t – Gavin Ortlund

https://a.co/d/5ZxGfwC

The Christian View of Man – J. Gresham Machen

https://a.co/d/4hNe8gh

Man as the Image of God

An Essay by Richard Phillips

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/man-as-the-image-of-god/

Authority

Sola Scriptura - The Protestant Position on the Bible

https://a.co/d/5EQlXNE

Taking God At His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me - Kevin DeYoung

https://a.co/d/btzTxY0