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J. H. Hunter
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Keith L. Brooks Clara Silliman
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HEART ofthe LESSON, T .C . Horton
GIRL’S CLASS
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ELEMENTARY - Mabel L. Merrill
LESSON PICTURE, C . A. Kilwinski
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MAY 4, 1919 M AN M A D E IN T H E IM A G E O F GOD . Golden Text: “ God created man in his own image.” Gen| 1:27. LESSON TEXT Gen. 1:26-28; 2:7-9; Eph. 4:20-24.
in g soul. (8) A nd th e L ord God p lan ted a g ard en eastw ard , in E den; an d th e re he p u t th e m an w hom he h a d form ed. (9) A nd o u t of th e ground m ad e th e LORD God to grow every tre e th a t is p leasan t to th e sight, and, good fo r food; th e tre e of life also in th e m id st o f th e g ard en , an d th e tre e of know ledge of good an d evil. (Eph. 4:20) B u t ye h av e n o t so learn ed C h rist; (21) If so be th a t ye h av e h eard him , an d have b een ta u g h t by him , a s th e tr u th is in Je su s: (22) T h a t ye p u t off concerning th e fo rm er Conversation, th e old iri*an, w hich is co rru p t according to th e deceitful lu sts; (23) A nd be renew ed in th e sp irit of y o u r m ind: (24) A nd th a t ye p u t on th e new m an, w hich a f te r God is cre a te d in rig h teo u sn ess an d tru e holiness. into existence for th e first tim e— “God created the heaven and th e e a rth .” In verse 21 it is used to describe th e in tro duction of anim ate life into th e earth , th a t which distinguishes fishes, and fowls, and nimals, from grass, and trees, and w ater, and dry land, and sta rs and suns, and moons. God in tro duced something new, something from outside anything th en existent in the ea rth when He im parted anim ate life to th e new order of things th a t He then made. The th ird and la st tim e “ cre a ted ” is used in th e chapter is in verse 27 when God introduces a still higher form of life— a higher o rder of being into th e e a rth ; th e being for whom all Man was created,
(Gen. 1:26) A nd God said, L e t us m ak e m an in o u r im age, a fte r o u r lik e n ess: an d let th em have dom inion over th e fish of th e sea, a n d over th e fowl of th e air, an d over th e cattle, an d over all th e earth ,, a n d over ev ery creeping th in g th a t creepeth upon th e e arth . (27) So God cre a te d m an in his own im age, in th e im age o f God created he him ; m ale an d fem ale cre a te d he th em . (28) A nd God blessed them , an d God sa id u n to them , B e fru itfu l, an d m ultiply, an d replenish th e earth , an d subdue it, an d h av e dom inion o v er th e fish of th e sea, an d over th e fowl of th e air, a n d over ev ery liv in g 'th in g th a t m oveth upon th e earth . (2:7) A nd th e LORD God form ed m an of th e d u st of th e ground, an d b reath ed in to h is n o strils th e b re a th of life; an d m an becam e a liv I. The Old Creation. In a preceding lesson we have noted th e order of th e creation, reaching its climax in man. Now we are to focus our study on th e man. 1.
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not evolved, nor de- veloped from some lower form or animal. As stated in th e lesson
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referred to, th e word rendered in our English tran slation s “ created ” means “made out of noth ing .” It is used th ree tim es in th e first chapter of Genesis. In verse 1 it is used to describe w hat God did when He called th e universe into existence; when something came
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