What does that look like and how does that distinguish us from animals?
This topic is huge, so my goals for Sunday School are twofold.
- To make sure we all get that we did not come from apes or bananas, or primordial goo or star dust. Humans are not animals. There is a very special and specific difference that goes way beyond standing upright or having a fifth digit.
- Christians should have the goal of reflecting this image of God with more clarity each day.
It is the same with humanity. It is even the same with Christians. Some people shine a somewhat good reflection of God's love, and truth, and compassion, and righteousness. Others of us can really struggle in certain areas of His character. Since Genesis chapter 3 and the entrance of sin, none of us have a perfect reflection. or carry a perfect image anymore, but we can grow more like Him as the Holy Spirit helps us.
So, if you were trying to explain what a sunflower looked like to someone who had not seen one before, which image would you use?
What about this one?
It's a photo.
Still not perfect. How tall is it. What does it feel like. Does it have a fragrance? What do the seeds taste like?
Let's go a step further. If you are trying to explain who God is and why we should choose to serve Him and trust Him and become a Christian, would you choose to use yourself as a good image bearer? What about the church?
What if I had brought a real living sunflower to Sunday School or took the class out to a field full of sunflowers?
That of course is what Jesus was. The real thing. The exact representation of God.
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation Colossians 1:15
May God's church and each of us individually point the way to God just because we reflect His nature.
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