Made in

the Image
of God
Do I Know
how God
thinks of
I. Man was
created in the
image of God
God created man
and saw that he
was good.
Genesis 1: 27-31
27SoGod created man
in His own image, in
the image of God he
created him; male
and female he
created them.
28God 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
the birds of the air and
over every living creature
that moves on the
29 Then God said, “I give
you every seed-bearing
plant on the face of the
whole earth and every
tree that has fruit with
seed in it. They will be
yours for food.
30And to all the beasts of the
earth and all the birds of the
air and all the creatures that
move on the ground –
everything that has the
breath of life in it – I give
every green plant for food.”
And it was so.
 God saw all that he
31
had made, and it was
VERY GOOD. And
there was evening ,
and there was
morning – the sixth
II. Things that
destroy our
self – image
A. Evolution
 ROMANS 1:21
21For 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.
 ROMANS 1:23
And exchanged the glory
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of the immortal God for

images made to look like
mortal man and birds and
animals and reptiles.
Confusion
Comparison
Comparison
Comparison
Comparison
Comparison
 Bad Experiences
Physical Abuse
 Bad Experiences
Verbal Abuse
 Bad Experiences
Sexual Abuse
 Bad Experiences
Broken Family Abortion
 Bad Experiences
Unfaithfulness Rejection
III. Made Unique
by God
We need to have
a proper
self-image.
 Psalm 139: 14-16
14 I
praise you because
I am fearfully and
wonderfully made;
your works are
wonderful, I know
that full well.
15 My frame was not
hidden from you
when I was made in
the secret place,
when I was woven
together in the depths
of the earth.
 your eyes saw my
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unformed body. All
the days ordained for
me were written in
your book before one
of them came to be.
17How precious to
me are your
thoughts , O God
! How vast is the
sum of them!
God made us unique and different,
but still good.