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#1 Incredible WORTH
- V28
- God restates and adds to verse 26
- "subdue the earth and have dominion over the fish, birds, and all
animals"
o God here tells us mankind's Incredible WORTH
o He says that we are to subdue, or "conquer and rule over"
the earth
the plants, the rocks, the waters, the fish, the birds,
and all animals
if God told us to rule over all other creation, then He
created us greater than it
WE ARE GREATER THAN ALL OTHER CREATION
Why? because we are CREATED in the IMAGE OF
GOD
- Psalm 8:4-5 "What is man that You take thought of him, And the
son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little
lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!"
o Mankind is the only creation God has EVER made that was
created in the Image of God
o not-even the Angels were created in the image of God
o WE ARE GREATER THAN THE ANGELS because we are
created in the IMAGE OF GOD
- V31
o "VERY GOOD"
o after everything else God made, what is said?
after day 1, light and dark it is good
after day 2, the skies and heavens it is good
day 3, dry land and plants it is good
day 4, sun, moon, stars, planets - it is good
day 5, water creatures and birds it is good
day 6, land animals it is good
BUT day 6, mankind IT IS VERY GOOD