MADE IN HIS IMAGE                     Genesis 1:26–28 | The Human Story: Glory and Ruin

BIG IDEA

Human beings are created in God’s image, possessing inherent dignity and commissioned to reflect God’s rule into the world.

I. WHY HUMANITY MATTERS

Every culture wrestles with three foundational questions:

• Who are we?
• Why do we matter?
• What are we here for?
• All of these echo a basic sense of longing and belonging.

Genesis does not answer these with human achievement, but with divine intention.

Foundational Truth:
Before humanity is given a task, humanity is given an identity.

·      Foreshadowing: Something splinters within God’s intended created order…