God’s “Valuable” People We are God’s treasures because of what
He made us and will yet make of us! We are made in God’s Trinitarian image
according to Genesis 1:27,28
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Genesis 1:26-28 (NASB)26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it;
God’s “Valuable” People We are God’s treasures because of what
He made us and will yet make of us! We are made in God’s Trinitarian image
according to Genesis 1:27,28 Body – which came first, Jesus or Adam? Soul – personality, mind, emotions Spirit – part of us that communes with God,
as in John 4:24
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God’s “Valuable” People Even in our fallen state, we still reflect
God’s image – Genesis 9:6; James 3:9,10
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Genesis 9:6 (NASB)6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,For in the image of God He made man.
James 3:9-10 (NASB)9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it
we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;
10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
God’s “Valuable” People Even in our fallen state, we still reflect
God’s image – Genesis 9:16; James 3:9,10 We are a shattered image, our sin has
marred the image of God – Rom. 1:21-25
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Romans 1:21-25 (NASB)21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor
Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for
an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
God’s “Valuable” People Even in our fallen state, we still reflect
God’s image – Genesis 9:16; James 3:9,10 We are a shattered image, our sin has
marred the image of God – Rom. 1:21-25 We need God in order to regain the image
in which we were created – Isaiah 53:5
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Isaiah 53:5 (NASB)5 But He was pierced through for our
transgressions,He was crushed for our iniquities;The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,And by His scourging we are healed
“Behold How He Loves” He loves us through the everlasting
covenant that transcends time and space – Isaiah 59:16; Hebrews 13:20
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Isaiah 59:16 (NASB)16 And He saw that there was no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,And His righteousness upheld Him.
Hebrews 13:20 (NASB)20 Now the God of peace, who brought up from
the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,
“Behold How He Loves” He loves us through the everlasting
covenant that transcends time and space – Isaiah 59:16; Hebrews 13:20
He loves us through His Son leaving heaven to become a servant in the form of flesh and blood – Philippians 2:5-8
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Philippians 2:5-8 (NASB)5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in
Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did
not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.
8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
“Behold How He Loves” He loves us through the everlasting
covenant that transcends time and space – Isaiah 59:16; Hebrews 13:20
He loves us through His Son leaving heaven to become a servant in the form of flesh and blood – Philippians 2:5-8
Jesus is like us in our temptations, disappointments, and sufferings
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“Behold How He Loves” He loves us so much that Jesus became our
sin bearer – 2 Corinthians 5:21
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2 Corinthians 5:21 (NASB)21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on
our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
“Behold How He Loves” He loves us so much that Jesus became our sin
bearer – 2 Corinthians 5:21 He loves us so much through His Son, Jesus, that
He called us personally, individually, and persistently
God pursued us through Jesus Christ! From eternity past, Jesus’ incarnation, His death
on the cross, His call to us to come to Him, and His bestowing of all spiritual riches to us – we can truly say, “behold how He loves us”!
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The Seventh Miracle We say, “Seeing is believing,” which speaks
to man’s untrustworthiness Jesus says, “Believing is seeing,” which
speaks to God being absolutely trustworthy! His promises are true – Numbers 23:19
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Numbers 23:19 (NASB)19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent;Has He said, and will He not do it?Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
The Seventh Miracle The replies to Jesus’ command show a lack
of faith and understanding within Martha (v.39) and the crowd (v.37)
Jesus then demonstrates the faith He has in the Father His faith is personal – Father His faith is perfect – thanked in advance His faith was public – for all to see and hear
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ApplicationDo you know how valuable you are to God?
Do you know how much He loves you?
Can others say of you, “Behold how much he loves his Master”?
Have you responded to Jesus’ call to you from death to resurrection?
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