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His Creation. Why did God create us?
The answer is rather surprising. He did not do it because He wanted a place to live, sleep, or eat. He did
not create us in order to have people worship Him. He did not create us to have pets to play with. The answer
is found in Isaiah 43:7 where we are told that God created us for His glory. The complexities of the human
body and our ability to speak, think, and make decisions remind us that there is an awesome designer. Our bodies,
our universe, our world are all reminders that God is awesome. And there is more . . .
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. (NASB) Rom. 1:20 All that is around us is a reminder that He is invisible and awesome. 1. How did God create us, according to Gen. 1:26-27 and James 3:9?
 2. What was man like when he was created, according to Eccl. 7:29?
3. In what other way is man like God, according to John 4:24 and Heb. 4:12?
4. Man and God are alike in other ways according to the following verses. Match the characteristic
with the verse.
The Fall. Sometime after Adam was created, God told Adam that he was not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This was a test of Adam’s commitment to his relationship with God. Just as in any family or friendship, one’s faithfulness to another is always the real test of one’s desire for that relationship. Jesus told His disciples, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (John 14:15). Jesus’ statement implies commitment to the relationship. God was already committed because He loved Adam and Eve. 1 John 4:8 and 16 says that God is love. This implies commitment and faithfulness. In relation to God, it involves our submission. But in Genesis 3, we discover that Satan was able to motivate Eve to doubt God. She eventually disobeyed God by eating of the fruit. We do not know what kind of fruit she ate, since scripture never tells us - that is not important - Satan was successful. She had violated the relationship by her disobedience.
The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate . . . (NASB) Gen. 3:4-6 |
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