Genesis 14: outline

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Genesis 1-4 outline

• 3 key elements
• Act of creating (creation) paragraph one
• Image of God paragraph two
• Family (sibling relationships Cain Abel)
  paragraph three

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Element 2 Image of God
Genesis 127
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Image as Reflection

• Humans are the culmination of Gods creation
• Humans are reflections of God, not God
• A reflection is not the reality but the
  reflection of the reality (not 1st but 2nd
  reality)
• Humans are number 2 God is number 1
• Humans are creatures (have been created)
• Humans as creatures is a humble recognition that
  we are not the center of our own lives, God is
  (human Latin word humus of the earth, and
  to be cultivated)

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Image as idol false image

• How do we live out our call to imagehood?
• Ex. 204 humans are forbidden to make images of
  God (human images are idols)
• Idols have eyes but see not, ears but hear not
  (Ps. 13515-18) these images are dead, not
  alive (they have no real power)
• What idols do we have in pop culture?
• What sort of power do they possess?

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Image as Call human vocation

• Reflecting the image means to do what the image
  does (i.e. Do what God does)
• What does God do?
• Give life (i.e. be creative, nurture, foster and
  improve the quality of life for all persons and
  all things)
• Have dominion (dont dominate, exploit or
  destroy)
• Overcome the forces of chaos and destruction
  (bring light to the darkness, warmth to the cold,
  healing to the sick, life to those who are dead)

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Freedom

• Humans are given the freedom to either accept
  (say yes) or reject (say no) to the image
  within