Genesis 1:27–So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
This is one if not the most important verse in all of Scripture. It is the very essence of humanity distilled. It says everything we need to know about our origins, about life's meaning, and about who we are. I have written essays about this passage of Scripture and its importance to our lives and to how we do Christianity. But for now all I have to say is this:
Human life is precious. We have been gifted the unique pleasure and undeniable joy of glorifying God in our very nature. He made us as bearers of His image; as beings that glorify His name through our lives. This is our design and our purpose. This is the value of the human: that we actually bear His image! There is no greater joy, no more wondrous a proposition than that.
Let us, then, strive to bear His image appropriately and with the dignity it deserves.
Amen.
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