Text Box: CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE   TEXT:      Genesis 1: 26-28; 2:7 & 22-23 THESIS:   We are created in God’s image.  We are fearfully and wonderfully                  made.          I.     EVERY PERSON IS CREATED IN THE _________________               OF GOD.                 A.    God created both ________________ and ________________                      in his image. vs 27c                 B.    God created the _________________ baby in his image. Psalm 139:13-16                        a.     The unborn baby is _________________ by God as a human                             being and not a fetus. vs 16a                        b.    God’s word address the unborn baby in _________________                             language.                        c.     The unborn baby is of great _________________ to God.                                 He or she is “fearfully and wonderfully made.”                        d.    “All” of the unborn babies “days are ordained” and “written                             in your book before one of them came to be.”  vs 16b                 C.    God created the _________________ of persons in his image.                               Ø    “Gray hair is a crown of splendor...”  Proverbs 16:31                               Ø    “The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair is the                                        splendor of the old.”  Proverbs 20:29                               Ø    “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who                                        will sustain you.  I have made you and I will carry you:                                        I will sustain you and I will rescue you.  Isaiah 46:4          II.    GOD HAS NEVER GRANTED MANKIND THE AUTHORITY               TO TAKE _________________ LIFE.                 A.    God will hold us _________________ for taking innocent life.                      “...do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not                      acquit the guilty.”  Exodus 23:7 (NIV)                 B.    “And as it is appointed unto me once to die, but after this the                      judgment’  Hebrews 9:27  (KJV)          III.  GOD IS A REDEEMING FATHER WHO _________________               ALL WHO ASK.   “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”  I John 1:9 Text Box: Sermon Notes Text Box: Welcome to... Text Box: Church of the Nazarene January 21, 2007Text Box: Our Staff         Senior Pastor..................  Chuck Ryan                    NMI President........  Steve Schultz         Assoc/Youth Pastor.......   Jeff Edmiston                 Youth Intern............ Jayson Martindale          Visitation Pastor.............  Bill Watson                    Administration........  Tierney Cooper         Children’s Pastor............  Susan Dwello                  Receptionist............   Audrey Morten office: 208-337-3151  *  fax: 208-337-6176  *  www.mvcnaz.org

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