By Apostle Aje Pelser, Preached at Harvester Reformational Church Cape Town, July 2020
2. Male and Female
3. God made us in His image
4. Lock and Key
5. Likeness of Man
6. His workmanship
7. Predestined Be Yourself in Him
Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Gen 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Gen 1:28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
The word for image means ‘resemblance’. (Strong’s H6754)
We resemble our Father in heaven. He is a three part being – yet one, Father, So and Holy Spirit, we are a three part being, spirit, soul and body.
We have the spiritual DNA of our Father and we are led by His Spirit and we are part of His Body the Son.
Gen 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. That is how God made man and woman, and it is what we believe as Christians.
3. Lock and Key Principle
The key is made in the image of the lock. We are the bride of Christ. His Word unlocks our door for His Spirit
Php 2:7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.
Php 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Php 2:9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
Eph 2:5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace