GOD’S PLAN FOR MANKIND WAS FOR HIS SON JESUS CHRISTCharles E. Whisnant

Rivers of Joy Baptist ChurchAugust 26, 2009

THE CREATION OF MAN AND WOMAN IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

Genesis 1:26 - 7, 2:7, 5:1, Isaiah 42:12, Job 33: and Deut. 4:32.

God brought man into existence in His immense complexity instantaneously, created Adam full grown, as He also did Eve.

The point only man could have become human. No sea mammal, no reptile, no monkey, no ape, no gorilla. No creature could become a man.

God created man “in the image of God.” Which is to say man’s unique identity

The part of man that cannot be reduced to genetics This is that mysterious spiritual part of man that can’t be put into a test tube.

There is a major shift in tone beginning in Genesis 1:26-17.

“Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. God has never spoken in a plural form. Before this verse, God had no personal relationship with what He had created. Dogs, cats, animals have no relationship with God in any personal way. Only man.

Here God becomes personal and He begins to speak in relational terms.

WE ARE INTRODUCED TO THE TRINITY. Here is an executive divine committee.

We are introduced to a RELATIONSHIP. There is going to be communicating with others.

Psalms 2:7, Hebrews 1, Psa 45.7, Psalms 110:1, Isaiah 48:16

GOD HAD A DIVINE PURPOSE BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN AND THAT DIVINE PURPOSE WAS TO…TO TAKE A BRIDE, AS IT WERE, FOR HIS SON, THAT GOD THE FATHER DESIRED TO GIVE TO HIS SON AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE IN A BRIDE THAT WOULD BE A REDEEMED HUMANITY TO BE GIVEN TO HIS SON TO LOVE AND ADORE, AND PRAISE AND GLORIFY HIS FOR EVER.

I Peter 1:20, Titus 1:1-2, Before day one God had already planned the gospel.o God promised that He would choose some,o That He would give them the gift faith,o That He would give them the understanding of the truth,o That He would bring into being in them godliness,o That He would grant them eternal life.

So to whom did God make a promise of salvation before time began?

2 Timothy 1:8-10. God was going to redeem some creatures by means of Christ Jesus. By means of an incarnation. And the necessity of sacrifice for sin.

The plan was there going to be a redeemed humanity who would be created and redeemed, brought to glory by means of the incarnation and the sacrifice of the second member of the trinity.

Also the third member of the trinity would be involved in this plan. The Holy Spirit would convict their hearts of sin and righteousness and judgment, who would illuminate their minds to understand the truth, who would regenerate them and grant them the new birth.

Ephesians 1:3. 4. John 17 John 6

Philippians 3 I Corinthians 15 Revelation 13, 17

And as a foot note: Everything else is impersonal with God. All things but man will perish.

Everything was created to make available a world for man which would cause man to praise and thank and glorify God and put God’s amazing power on view and God’s wisdom on demonstration and God’s intelligence on display.

IN THE CREATION OF MAN YOU HAVE FOUR FEATURES ABOUT MAN