June 16, 2024 TEXT: Genesis 1:26-31
Introduction: Being the Man God Wants
I. Being the Man God made you to be (vv. 26-27)
- God made you to be a man who walks with Him (Gen. 3:8-10)
- God made you to be a man who works for Him (vv. 28-30)
- To be a producer (vv. 28-29)
- To be a provider (vv. 29-30)
>We provide materially through our productivity in work
>We provide spiritually through our own walk with God
>We provide emotionally through our love and affection
>We provide physically through our presence and interaction
>We provide intellectually though our own learning and understanding of truth
- To be a protector
>Protector of His blessings to us
>Protector of His name upon us
- God made you to be a man who witnesses of Him
- As His image bearer on the earth
- As His messenger on the earth
- As His reflector on the earth
II. Being the Man God wants you to be
- God wants you to be in relationship with Him eternally
- God wants you to be growing in Him continually
- God wants you to be serving Him faithfully
III. Being the Man God can use in His work
- We were created to bear God’s image here on earth
- We were created to be caretakers of God’s creation
- We were created to be His instruments of ministry to each other