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In The Image of God

Genesis 1:27 
"So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them."

This week we continue our series titled Children of the Heavenly Father. Last week we studied young David faced the GIANT GOLIATH!! One of the most famous events recorded in the Holy Bible! These events occurred so "ALL THE EARTH MAY KNOW that there is a God in Israel." 

Young David ran toward the giant Goliath when the rest of Israel was TOO scared. The other men of Israel gave in to the temptation to NOT fight the giant. GOD will prove you and use you to demonstrate His goodness and mercy in the world. GOD wants us to stand up against those that defy Him. We can do it! God is with us. We are His children.

Today we turn to the first chapter of the first book of Holy Scripture, verse twenty-seven; "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them." We are made in God's image! Don't forget that! We are special to GOD! This is something that is NOT said about the rest of creation.

As we tried to identify the Goliath's in our lives, which giants GOD will help us defeat, we noticed that Goliath was defiant against God's will. Who in our world today is defying God? Is there anyone saying something other than "male and female created He them."??? 
Are they a GOLIATH???

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