WHAT WE WERE MADE

Genesis 1:26-28 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the

earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." (27) So God created man in His own

image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (28) Then God

blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have

dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on

the earth.“

WE WERE MADE…A. Genesis 1:26-28 Then God said, "Let Us make man in

Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.“ 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

B. Mark 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.‘

WE WERE MADE OF DUST A. 1 Corinthians 15:46-49 However, the spiritual is not first, but

the natural, and afterward the spiritual. (47) The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. (48) As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. (49) And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

B. Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

C. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

WE WERE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

A. James 3:8-9 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. (9) With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.

B. Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." (27) So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

WE WERE MADE SINNERS

A. Romans 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.

B. Not inherited sin - Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE RIGHTEOUS

A. Romans 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.

B. 2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE ACCEPTED

• Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE ALIVE A. 1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all

shall be made alive.B. Ephesians 2:1 And you He made alive, who were dead in

trespasses and sins,C. Ephesians 2:5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made

us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),D. Colossians 2:11-13 In Him you were also circumcised with

the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, (12) buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. (13) And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE FREE A. FREE FROM THE OLD LAW Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore

in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

B. FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH Romans 8:1-4 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (2) For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. (3) For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, (4) that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE FREE C. FREE FROM SIN John 8:34-36 Jesus answered

them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. (35) And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. (36) Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

D. FREE BY THE TRUTH John 8:31-32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. (32) And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE SUFFICIENT

• 2 Corinthians 3:4-6 And we have such trust through Christ toward God. (5) Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, (6) who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE TO DRINK OF ONE SPIRIT

• 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE PERFECT IN UNITY

• John 17:22-23 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: (23) I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE TO BE FISHERS OF MEN

• Mark 1:17 Then Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE TO SIT TOGETHER

• Ephesians 2:6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

IN CHRIST WE WERE MADE KINGS AND PRIESTS

A. Revelation 1:5-6 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, (6) and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

B. Revelation 5:9-10 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, (10) And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”

ARE YOU IN CHRIST?A. We are made all of these things “In Christ.”B. All spiritual blessings are “in Christ.”C. Are you “in Christ?”D. The only way the bible ever says we can get “in

Christ” is through baptism.E. Galatians 3:26-27 For you are all sons of God

through faith in Christ Jesus. (27) For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

ARE YOU IN CHRIST?F. Romans 6:3-5 Or do you not know that as many of us as

were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? (4) Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (5) For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

G. 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

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