STUDY ONE WORKSHEET
© Rosemary Bardsley 2014
#1 Created by God and for God
Study what these verses teach, and discuss the high value they put on all human beings.
Acts 17:25,28
Romans 11:36
1Corinthians 8:6
Colossians 1:16,17
#2: Created for God’s glory
What do these references teach about our purpose/responsibility as humans?
Psalm 86:9
Isaiah 43:7
Matthew 5:14-16
Romans 15:6,9
1Corinthians 10:31
#3: The sanctity of human life [God declares human life sacred]
Read these verses. Discuss their significance for our attitudes to and treatment of other human beings. [Note that in the Matthew passages Jesus looks behind murder to the emotions and attitudes which give birth to murder, including these also under the judgement of Genesis 9:6.]
Genesis 9:6
Matthew 5:22a
Matthew 5:22b
Matthew 5:22c
#4A: Personal impact of the ‘image of God’
How should creation in the image of God impact your view of yourself?
#4B Contemporary relevance
List the evidence of disrespect for the human in your society today.