How To Be Human 2 - We Are Image Bearers
Episode description
In the chat: What was an activity you used to do with your grandparents?
Big Idea: Being an image bearer calls us to value people and declare his greatness.
Genesis 1:26-27 NIV
We are “Imago Dei.”
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.” -C.S. Lewis
The “Uncanny Valley”
(Image from Polar Express)
3 Pieces to the Puzzle:
1. Because of the Fall in the Garden, the puzzle has been dismantled.
Genesis 3:6-8
2. We must reclaim our Imago Dei.
The true Human, the perfect human: Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21
1 Peter 2:9
3. Our lives become complete by the power of Jesus Christ. Fulfillment comes through Jesus - anything you do outside of Jesus to find fulfillment leaves you empty.
Ephesians 2:10
RESPONSE:
-ACKNOWLEDGE the image bearing of all the people around you.
-EMBRACE your image being fulfilled in Christ.
-BLESS your Oikos.