From Genesis 1:27

1. Teach them they are by God, or .

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

4 for and :

A. That humanity might  to bear God’s image. 

📖 Genesis 2:18 ESV Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

📖 Genesis 2:23 ESV “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

B. That humanity might on each other.

📖 1 Corinthians 11:11 ESV Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman.

C. That humanity might one from the other. 

📖 Deuteronomy 22:5 ESV A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.

📖 1 Corinthians 11:14–15 ESV Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, 15 but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory?

D. That humanity might the .

📖 Ephesians 5:31–32 ESV “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

📖 1 John 4:17 ESV By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as He is so also are we in this world.

2. Teach them that God by His .

📖 Exodus 12:26–27 ESV “And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ ” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

📖 1 Peter 1:18–19 ESV You were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

3. Teach them that God them for .

📖 Genesis 37:3 ESV Now Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.

📖 Matthew 5:14 ESV “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”

📖 Luke 12:32 ESV “It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

📖 John 15:19 ESV You are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Sermon in a Sentence:

When we speak God’s over our sons and daughters, we them , them in God’s , and them into .

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