ii. CREATED TO REPRESENT GOD
Man was created in God’s own image. This is because God wanted man to represent Him on the surface of the earth. To make this purpose clearer, God gave man the first assignment to do on the surface of the earth. Man received the first authority to name all other creatures in the Garden of Eden on behalf of God. Genesis 2:19 asserts that:
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground”. Genesis 1:27-28
From the passage above, man possessed the right qualification to represent God. Man created in the image of God. After the creation of man, God was satisfied with man. They (God and Man) were in touch and tune with each other. So man had every qualification needed to represent God on the surface of the earth. Man could not do anything without consulting God. So, man was closely related to His creator”. Man was truly a replica of God in the moral likeness of God. And God was not ashamed to give man special power and authority.
Man because he did not know himself, lower his dignity and reputation before one of the created he named. Man obeyed the voice of a creature – serpent and disobeyed the voice of his creator – God. Immediately, right there in the same Garden of Eden, the purpose of representing God on the surface of the earth was lost.
Dear reader, the purpose of creating you is to represent God. This simply means anything you do must be what God wants you to do. Are you truly representing God where you are now? One thing is clear; you either represent God or Satan. You can not do without representing one. Mathew 6:24.
If you are not representing God, you have lost the moral likeness of God. So, you are no more a replica of God. The only reason is that you do not know whom you are; you do not know why you are created. This is just why you are not honouring God in everything you do. You have lost the glory, given to you at creation, through sin, as Adam and Eve did. Therefore, you are no more fit and qualified to represent God again.
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground”. Genesis 1:27-28
From the passage above, man possessed the right qualification to represent God. Man created in the image of God. After the creation of man, God was satisfied with man. They (God and Man) were in touch and tune with each other. So man had every qualification needed to represent God on the surface of the earth. Man could not do anything without consulting God. So, man was closely related to His creator”. Man was truly a replica of God in the moral likeness of God. And God was not ashamed to give man special power and authority.
Man because he did not know himself, lower his dignity and reputation before one of the created he named. Man obeyed the voice of a creature – serpent and disobeyed the voice of his creator – God. Immediately, right there in the same Garden of Eden, the purpose of representing God on the surface of the earth was lost.
Dear reader, the purpose of creating you is to represent God. This simply means anything you do must be what God wants you to do. Are you truly representing God where you are now? One thing is clear; you either represent God or Satan. You can not do without representing one. Mathew 6:24.
If you are not representing God, you have lost the moral likeness of God. So, you are no more a replica of God. The only reason is that you do not know whom you are; you do not know why you are created. This is just why you are not honouring God in everything you do. You have lost the glory, given to you at creation, through sin, as Adam and Eve did. Therefore, you are no more fit and qualified to represent God again.
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Thanks for writing this.
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