God Created Mankind to be Like Him

• God created mankind in his physical shape to be like him mentally and morally.

  Genesis 1:26-27 - image and likeness refers to physical shape as well as mental and moral

  James 3:9, Ephesians 4:20-24, Colossians 3:9-10, 1 Peter 2:9

• God created the earth to be filled with his glory by being inhabited by people who are in his image and likeness

  1 Corinthians 11:7 - Paul quotes “image and likeness” in Genesis 1:26 as “image and glory”

  Exodus 33:18-23, 34:5-7 - the glory of God are his moral attributes and virtues in his character

  Genesis 1:26-28 - God created man in his image and likeness (glory) to have dominion over the earth and to multiply and replenish the earth

  Isaiah 45:18, Revelation 4:11, Numbers 14:21, Isaiah 11:9, Psalm 72:19, Habakkuk 2:14, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Philippians 1:11, Matthew 5:14-16

God’s Purpose Will Be Fulfilled in Christ

• God sent Jesus who was perfectly in the mental and moral image and likeness of his Father.

  2 Corinthians 4:4, Colossians 1:13-14, Hebrews 1:3

• God has provided Christ that those who believe in faith may be changed to be like God.

  Romans 8:29-30, 1 Corinthians 11:7, Colossians 3:9-10, Ephesians 4:20-24, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Romans 12:2, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 John 1:7, 3:3, 4:11-12, Ephesians 5:1, 1 Peter 1:15-16, Luke 6:36

• Those who are changed into God’s mental and moral likeness will also be changed into his physical likeness by being given immortality.

  2 Peter 1:4, Philippians 3:21, 1 Corinthians 15:49-50, Luke 20:35-36