Sinclair B. Ferguson

But we're also actors on the stage.

But we're also actors on the stage.

Why is that?

Why is that?

Because we're made as the image of God.

Because we're made as the image of God.

We're made to reflect God.

We're made to reflect God.

The creation account in Genesis 1 climaxes with God making man in a different way from the way he had made other creatures, making man after holding a divine council.

The creation account in Genesis 1 climaxes with God making man in a different way from the way he had made other creatures, making man after holding a divine council.

and making Him in particular as His image in order to reflect Him and to imitate Him.

and making Him in particular as His image in order to reflect Him and to imitate Him.

And so you see in the opening two chapters of the Bible that as God has created all things and filled all things,

And so you see in the opening two chapters of the Bible that as God has created all things and filled all things,

So man, as his image, is given a little garden and he's told to tend it and keep it and to fill it and indeed to extend it.

So man, as his image, is given a little garden and he's told to tend it and keep it and to fill it and indeed to extend it.

It's almost as though God wanted Adam and Eve to be able to walk with Him in the cool of the day and to discuss the things they had in common.

It's almost as though God wanted Adam and Eve to be able to walk with Him in the cool of the day and to discuss the things they had in common.

It's a beautiful picture.

It's a beautiful picture.