What About Our Image?

This weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series entitled “Resolved” with a message entitled “What About Our Image?”

The sermon was really an extended reflection on Genesis 1:26-28 and the truth that we are created in the image of God.

You can listen to my message online at the Eastbrook web-site here. You can also subscribe to the Eastbrook podcast here or follow Eastbrook Church on Twitter. I’ve included my outline for the message below:

“Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness….” (Genesis 1:26)

The Human Image Crisis

• Confusion
• Obsession

Who We Are: Created in the Image of God (part 1) [Genesis 1:26-28; 5:1-2; 9:6]

• Identity
• Value
• Artistry
• Capacity

The Imagination

• Outer world
• Interior world
• Self-image

Who We Are: Created in the Image of God (part 2) [Genesis 1:26-28; 2 Corinthians 5:16-17]

• Created in perfection
• Marred by sin
• Re-creation in Jesus Christ

What We Exist For [Genesis 1:26-28; 1 Peter 2:9-10]

• Represent God
• Rule the Earth
• Fill the Earth

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