AM: BEING THE MAN GOD WANTS YOU TO BE”

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)

  1. God made you to be a man who walks with Him (Gen. 3:8-10)
  2. God made you to be a man who works for Him (vv. 28-30)
  1. To be a producer (vv. 28-29)
  2. 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

  1. To be a protector

>Protector of His blessings to us

>Protector of His name upon us

  1. God made you to be a man who witnesses of Him
  1. As His image bearer on the earth
  2. As His messenger on the earth
  3. As His reflector on the earth

II. Being the Man God wants you to be

  1. God wants you to be in relationship with Him eternally
  2. God wants you to be growing in Him continually
  3. God wants you to be serving Him faithfully

III. Being the Man God can use in His work

  1. We were created to bear God’s image here on earth
  2. We were created to be caretakers of God’s creation
  3. We were created to be His instruments of ministry to each other