"The Image of God-Part 1" - Genesis 1:26-31 - Nathan Edwards

What does it mean to be human?

 

Questions for Personal Reflection:

1. Read Genesis 1:26-27. What do you notice in the text that highlights the specialness of mankind?

2. How does the creation of mankind in the image of God speak against acts of discrimination based on human differences?

3. Read James 3:8-9. How do we dehumanize people with our words? What affect has disrespectful rhetoric had in your ability to value people different from you?

4. Compare human value according to personhood theory vs. the image of God. Which one is a better basis for universal human rights, why?

5. Applying personhood theory involves answering three questions: What criteria? How much? and Who decides? Which of these questions troubles you the most?

6. Read Luke 1:39-44. How might you use this passage to show the unborn also bear the image of God?