Thank you Damian, very insightful! I take people through this simple Bible study to address the very problem your're describing.
Questions and Verses (The Origins)
How did God make man? What were man’s responsibilities? Identity and Purpose
Genesis 1.26-28
How does the image of God relate to the glory of God? (Isaiah 43.7, Habakkuk 2.14)
What was the original temptation? What happened to the image of God in man? Are there characteristics of God we were never meant to have? Genesis 3.5,22
What did Adam reproduce? Genesis 5.3
What did man multiply? To what extent? What did man fail to multiply? Genesis 6.13
How much did God value man being in His image even though it was flawed? Genesis 9.6-7
Questions and Verses (Jesus Christ, the perfect image of God)
How does Jesus define a disciple? Matthew 10.24-25, Luke 6.40
What should a disciple look like? Mark 1.17, John 14.20, Romans 8.29, Galatians 4.19, Ephesians 4.13, 5.1, Phil 2.5-7, 1 John 2.6
Questions and Verses (Jesus Christ and His Church)
What role does the church have in helping people become like Jesus?
Thanks for the thoughts, MG, and the investment of time to read and reflect. I’m convinced this new perspective will reorient the church toward multiplying disciples that look like Jesus.
Thank you Damian, very insightful! I take people through this simple Bible study to address the very problem your're describing.
Questions and Verses (The Origins)
How did God make man? What were man’s responsibilities? Identity and Purpose
Genesis 1.26-28
How does the image of God relate to the glory of God? (Isaiah 43.7, Habakkuk 2.14)
What was the original temptation? What happened to the image of God in man? Are there characteristics of God we were never meant to have? Genesis 3.5,22
What did Adam reproduce? Genesis 5.3
What did man multiply? To what extent? What did man fail to multiply? Genesis 6.13
How much did God value man being in His image even though it was flawed? Genesis 9.6-7
Questions and Verses (Jesus Christ, the perfect image of God)
How does Jesus define a disciple? Matthew 10.24-25, Luke 6.40
What should a disciple look like? Mark 1.17, John 14.20, Romans 8.29, Galatians 4.19, Ephesians 4.13, 5.1, Phil 2.5-7, 1 John 2.6
Questions and Verses (Jesus Christ and His Church)
What role does the church have in helping people become like Jesus?
Colossians 1.15-18, 1 Corinthians 12.12, 27, Ephesians 4.11-13
Good stuff, Chuck!
The church rarely knows it needs a new perspective. Appreciate you naming the invitation and the cost Damian.
Thanks for the thoughts, MG, and the investment of time to read and reflect. I’m convinced this new perspective will reorient the church toward multiplying disciples that look like Jesus.