Genesis1_26

GENESIS 1:26-31

SIXTH DAY GOD'S ULTIMATE ACT OF CREATION

READ GENESIS 1:26-31

1. WE REMEMBER GOD HAS CREATED EVERY LIVING THING EXCEPT HIS CROWNING CREATION: GOD SAID, "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE." AS YOU READ THIS PASSAGE: GOD IS SPEAKING TO SOMEBODY, WHO IS THIS PERSON? HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THIS TO A CHILD ASKING ABOUT THIS PASSAGE?

2. WE ALSO SEE THAT GOD STATES: "LET US." WHOM IS HE TALKING ABOUT? IS THIS PERSON PART OF HELPING CREATE? EXPLAIN...

3. IN SEARCHING THIS PASSAGE WE SEE GOD STATE: "MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS." EXPLAIN IN SIMPLE WORDING WHAT GOD IS SAYING AND WHAT HE IS SHARING WITH US? WHAT DOES LIKENESS MEAN? WHAT ABOUT IMAGE?

4. WHAT CHARGE OR INSTRUCTION TO MAN DOES GOD GIVE? WHY? LIST ALL THAT MAN IS CHARGED WITH? AS A CITIZEN OF EARTH WHAT ARE YOU CHARGED WITH TO CARE AND TEND TO? LIST FAMILY, FRIENDS, ENEMIES, EARTH, ETC.

5. IN VERSE 27 WE ARE TOLD GOD CREATED MORE THAN ONE HU-MAN: WHAT DOES THE WORD SAY AND TELL US?

6. GOD IS SO HAPPY WITH THIS CREATION AND HE GIVES THEM MUCH INSTRUCTIONS TO LIVE AND SURVIVE IN HIS CREATION: LIST ALL THE THINGS GOD GIVES THIS CREATION AND WHAT THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION IS?

7. WHAT DOES GOD DO NEXT? HE SITS BACKAND LOOKS AT HIS CREATION ... WHAT DOES HE SAY?

8. IN HIS SPEAKING ABOUT HIS CREATION WE SEE HINTS OF WHAT OUR LIFE WILL BE LIKE IN EDEN ... WHAT WOULD WE EAT?

9. DESCRIBE OUR FOOD AND SURROUNDINGS?

10. GOD NOW HAS EXAMINED ALL HE HAD MADE ... WHAT IS HIS NEXT COMMENT FOR US TO REMEMBER?

11. AS YOU JOURNEY ON THIS EARTH AND LOOK BACK ON ALL GOD HAS GIVEN YOU ... LIST ALL HE HAS BLESSED YOU WITH ... NEXT LIST ALL YOU HAVE NOT RESPECTED AS HIS CREATION ... THEN CLOSE WITH A PRAYER THANKING HIM AND ASKING HIM TO HELP YOU BETTER TEND TO HIS CREATION.

12. WHAT DAY IS THIS IN CREATION?

13. WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO TO MAKE A CHANGE AS YOU HAVE READ THIS PASSAGE?

*** SHARE TONIGHT WITH YOUR FAMILY HOW SPECIAL THEY ARE IN GOD'S CREATION ... SHARE WITH THEM THEIR PURPOSE ... ENCOURAGE THEM TO SEEK THE CREATOR IN EVERYTHING THEY DO.

LORD I LIFT UP MY DEAR FRIENDS AS THEY READ THROUGH THIS FAMILIAR PASSAGE, SHOW THEM NEW INSIGHTS TO YOUR CREATIVE HAND IN ALL THINGS. I ASK THIS IN JESUS MOST LOVELY NAME. AMEN