Why Does Man Want To Make A Monkey Out Of Himself? Genesis 1:26-31
The existence of man raises 3 great questions:
who are we, where did we come from, and what are we here for?To put it very simply, man has been trying to make a monkey out himself for years. Someone
summarized the evolutionary theory with this little poem:
Once I was a tadpole beginning to begin,
And then I was a frog with my tail tucked in;
Then I was a monkey hanging from a free,
And now I'm a professor with Phd D.
"There is about as much chance of evolution being true as a hurricane going through a junk yard and building a Boeing 747."8
Dr. Conklin, a professor at Princeton University said, "To suggest that life just happened by accident has about the same probability as suggesting that a Webster's unabridged dictionary would result from an explosion in a printing factory."9
1. MAN IS A DIVINE CREATION!
Notice Genesis 1:26-27,
How did we get here? Man was created by God.
The existence of man is not due to a process but to a Person.
A. We See That Man Was Miraculously Made.
Notice Genesis 2:7, "
The word "formed" is used of a potter shaping clay.
Incidentally, according to many, the theory of evolution explains the origin of a man.
Where did the woman come from? Both man and woman were created by God.
They both are a miracle.
B. We See That Man Was Marvelously Made.
Ps 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Man is made up of about 24 elements:
• 65%oxygen
• 18.5% Carbon
• 9.5% Hydrogen
• 3.3% Nitrogen
• 1.5% Calcium
• 1%Phosphorous
• 0.35% of potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium.
2. MAN IS A DISTINCT CREATION!
A. Man Was The Final Work of Creation.
B. Man Was The Favored Work of Creation.
Man was created on the 6th day. But that is not all that was created in the 6th day. Notice Genesis 1:24-25,
Notice Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." Also notice
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."
What made man so unique and distinct from all other creation is that he was made in the image of God.
In this matter, man was unlike any other part of creation.
3. MAN IS A DOMINATE CREATION!
Notice Genesis 1:28,
This is the first words of God to man.
A. God Told Man To Reproduce On The Earth.
God said, "Be fruitful and multiply." Man was given the ability to reproduce and the responsibility to reproduce.
Also realize that
God was speaking to a man and a woman.Homosexuality is a violation of this first commandment
. Men can't reproduce with men, and woman can't reproduce with women.1.Homosexual relationships
are not a sickness but a sin.2.They are not
alternate life-styles but abominable life-styles.3.They go
against the purpose of God's creation.B. God Told Man To Rule Over The Earth.
God told man to "subdue" the earth and 'have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth on the earth." The word "dominion" means "to master, prevail over."
We read in Psalm 8:6, " Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet>"