Transcript Diapositiva 1

Lesson 3 for October 20, 2012
The Bible is very clear about the origin of mankind:
Man was created by
God, “male and female
He created them”
(Genesis 1:27). God
brought them to life in
an act of creation; He
didn’t trust it to chance
(1 Thim. 2:13)
It was not necessary that
hundreds or thousands
of hominids had to die
for Adam to be born.
Death invaded the world
only after the sin of
Adam and Eve
(Ro. 5:12-14)
Adam and Eve were real
persons; they were the
first human beings to
live on this planet.
All the genealogies begin
with Adam (Gn. 5:1;
1Chrn. 1:1; Job 15:7; Lk.
3:8; Jud. 4)
Paul compares the
Adam’s person with
Jesus. Adam was as real
as Jesus was
(1Chor. 15:22, 45)
If we say that man is the result
of natural selection or of a Goddriven evolution we deny the
Bible and make It a lie.
“So God created man in His own image; in
the image of God He created him; male
and female He created them” (Génesis 1:27)
What does “made
in God’s image”
mean?
“the image of God” points to physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual
endowments needed in order for humanity to fulfill God’s purpose for it.
Adam was free to choose and to
make right decisions by his own.
“Out of the ground the
Lord God formed every
beast of the field and
every bird of the air, and
brought them to Adam
to see what he would
call them. And whatever
Adam called each living
creature, that was its
name” (Genesis 2:19)
Adam and Eve lived in an
intimacy that was very similar to
the one that the members of
Trinity experience among
themselves.
Our first parents were able and
responsible for having
dominance over, respecting and
taking care of the Earth, just as
God takes care of His children.
“And Adam said: “This is
now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called
Woman, because she
was taken out of Man””
(Genesis 2:23)
Then God blessed them,
and God said to them,
“Be fruitful and
multiply; fill the earth
and subdue it; have
dominion over the fish
of the sea, over the birds
of the air, and over
every living thing that
moves on the earth.”
(Genesis 1:28)
Is there a place for sin, suffering and death in the
“Christian” evolution theory?
Sin, suffering and death are clearly explained in the
Creation described in the Bible.
“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the
world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to
all men, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12)
Sin brought many evils. Although the most evident evil was
death, sin also brought the degradation of Earth and the
depravity of mankind.
Sin caused the
image of God in
man to begin to
fade away.
““Show Me the tax money.”
So they brought Him a
denarius. And He said to
them, “Whose image and
inscription is this?” They
said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And
He said to them, “Render
therefore to Caesar the
things that are Caesar’s, and
to God the things that are
God’s.”” (Matthew 22:19-21)
The coin that they showed to Jesus had the
image of the one who minted it on it. We also
have the image of the One who created us on us.
We may be hackneyed and old coins, and the
image on us may be hard to recognize.
Nevertheless, God wants everyone who meets
us to see His image on us.
How can God’s image be restored on us if we are
sinners?
“The very image of God is to be
impressed upon and reflected in
humanity. The cold heart is to be
quickened and glow with divine
love—a love that beats in union
with the love the Redeemer has
evidenced for you”
E.G.W., (This day with God, May 13)
But we all, with unveiled
face, beholding as in a
mirror the glory of the
Lord, are being
transformed into the same
image from glory to glory,
just as by the Spirit of the
Lord (2 Corinthians 3:18)
We may think that this restoration will be
done in the Second Coming, but the
apostle Paul explains that it must be done
while we are living in this world of sin.
“that you put off, concerning your former conduct,
the old man which grows corrupt according to the
deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your
mind, and that you put on the new man which was
created according to God, in true righteousness and
holiness” (Ephesians 4:22-24)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things
have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
“All holy agencies,” saith God, “will I set in
operation to oppose the armies of the
invisible foe, to destroy his power. The
eternal agency of the Holy Spirit shall
rescue man from the effects of sin, and
restore in him the image of God”
E.G.W. (This day with God, January 20)
“In this conflict of righteousness against unrighteousness we can be
successful only by divine aid. Our finite will must be brought into submission
to the will of the Infinite; the human will must be blended with the divine.
This will bring the Holy Spirit to our aid, and every conquest will tend to the
recovery of God’s purchased possession, to the restoration of His image in
the soul”
E.G.W. (Mind, character and personality, vol. 2, cp. 76, pg. 692)
A belief that humans were
originally created in the
image of God carries with it
recognition of God-given
responsibilities. While the
Fall marred God’s image, He
has purposed to restore His
image as His children accept
Christ’s merits, and
cooperate with Him in
resisting temptation.