Living In His Image
Genesis 1:26-28 – New International Version (NIV)
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in
our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and
the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all
the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own
image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be
fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the
fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that
moves on the ground.”
Whose image is mankind made in (verse 26)?
What is mankind to rule over (verse 26)?
Who created mankind, “male and female” (verse 27)?
What did God say to them (verse 28)?
In your
opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your
opinion, what does this passage teach us about living as the image of God?
Matthew 22:15-22 - New International
Version (NIV)
15 Then the Pharisees went
out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to
him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man
of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are.
17 Tell us then, what is your
opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?”
18 But Jesus, knowing their
evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for
paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose image
is this? And whose inscription?”
21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So
give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
22 When they heard this, they
were amazed. So they left him and went away.
Who planned to trap Jesus “in his
words” (verse 15)?
How did they say that Jesus “taught the way of God” (verse 16)?
Why did they say that
Jesus was not “swayed by others” (verse 16)?
In your opinion, how is the question “is
it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not” a trap (verse 17)?
What did
Jesus know (verse 18)?
What did
Jesus want them to show Him (verse 19)?
Whose image
was on the coin (verses 20 and 21)?
What were
they to give to Caesar (verse 21)?
What were
they to give to God (verse 21)?
How did the
Pharisees feel about Jesus’s answer (verse 22)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your
opinion, what does this passage teach us about living as the image of God?
In your
opinion, what does Genesis 1:26-28 help us understand about what Jesus said
should be given to God in Matthew 22:15-22?
Romans 1:18-25 - New International Version (NIV)
18 The wrath of God is being
revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who
suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God
has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the
world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been
clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are
without excuse.
21 For although they knew God,
they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking
became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the
immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and
animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in
the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of
their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and
served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
What is “the wrath of God” being revealed against (verse
18)?
How is “the truth” suppressed (verse 18)?
What has been “clearly seen” since the creation of
the world (verse 20)?
What happened to people who didn’t glorify God on give Him
thanks (verse 21)?
Who “became fools” (verse 22)?
What was the “glory of the immortal God” exchanged
for (verse 23)?
What did God give them over to (verse 24)?
What did they worship “rather than the Creator”
(verse 25)?
In your opinion,
what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about living
as the image of God?
In your opinion, what do the actions of people in Romans 1:18-25
reveal about their corruption of the instructions in Genesis 1:26-28 “rule
over” the living creatures?
In your opinion, what does Romans 1:18-25 help us
understand about the Pharisees and Herodians in Matthew 22:15-22?
Revelation 22:11-17 - New International Version (NIV)
11 Let the one who does wrong continue to
do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right
continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”
12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is
with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the
Beginning and the End.
14 “Blessed are those who wash their
robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the
gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who
practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and
everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give
you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring
of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!”
And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let
the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
Who should “continue to do wrong” (verse 11)?
What should the holy person do (verse 11)?
What will Jesus give to “each person” (verse 12)?
What do those who “wash their robes” have the right
to (verse 14?
Who is “outside” (verse 15)?
Who is “this testimony” for (verse 16)?
Who is to “take the free gift of the water of life”
(verse 17)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about living
as the image of God?
In your opinion, what
does the difference between those who are rewarded and those who are left
outside in Revelation 22:11-17 teach us about the “image of God” that
people were created in in Genesis 1:26-28?
In your opinion, what does Revelation 22:1-17 help us
understand about Jesus’s instruction in Matthew 22:15-22 to give back to “God
what is God’s”?
In your opinion, what does Romans 1:18-25 help us
understand about the people who Revelation 22:11-17 says are the “dogs” that
are outside?
In your
opinion, what do these passages from Genesis, Matthew, Romans, and Revelation teach
us about the difference between those who give to the world and those who give
to God?
In
your opinion, how can we be the image of God today?
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